
Interesting Facts

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There are 80 different ways to say William Shakespeare’s name(Willm Shaksp, Wm Shakesp, Willim Shakespeare, etc)
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Shakespeare performed in front of Queen Elizabeth 1, and James 1
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People said that Shakespeare led a double life. In London, he was a famous play writer with a high reputation, but in Stratford he was a businessman with a famil
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We have no solid evidence that William Shakespeare even existed, it might have been a pen name
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Shakespeare married his wife Anne Hathaway when he was 18. She was 26 and three months pregnant with Shakespeare’s child when they married. Their first child Susanna was born six months after the wedding.
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Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway had three children together – a son, Hamnet, who died in 1596, and two daughters, Susanna and Judith. His only granddaughter Elizabeth – daughter of Susanna – died childless in 1670. Shakespeare therefore has no descendants.
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Although he does not have any direct descendants, his sister's descendants are still alive today
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He had the second largest house in Stratford-upon Avaon England

Shakespears House
Shakespear's family