Interesting Things About William Shakespeare
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189792)
Boise, Idaho
April 23, 2018 11:58am CST
Born on this day (April 23rd) in 1564 Shakespeare is one of our most famous playwrights and poet. As well as being a popular actor he wrote 40 plays but never published any of them. Two actors, John Hemmges and Henry Condell edited the collect called First Folio and it contained 36 of William's plays.
Shakespeare had a wonderful vocabulary. He his credited in the Oxford English Dictionary with adding about 3,000 words. Such words as fashionable, cold-blooded and arch-villain.
Interestingly only six signatures of William Shakespeare's exist. These legal documents have his name spelled all different ways such as Shaxberd or Shakspere. On a couple of them he didn't even write out his entire name but abbreviated the last name.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
23 Apr 18
he turned out a few good yarns - saw a production of The Reduced Shakespeare Company play - cast of three do all his plays in one show - very funny
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Apr 18
@arthurchappell ......He had quite a sense of humor.
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@EricMcCole (551)
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23 Apr 18
I love his works. His style and language are astounding!
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Apr 18
I thought it was interesting and wanted to share it.
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
23 Apr 18
I did Shakespeare in school and even memorized some of his work. I am sure they are mostly forgotten now.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Apr 18
Have you ever been to Stratford-Upon-Avon?
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
23 Apr 18
I learned much about him in my college... your post is very interesting. I can just add that there was a rumor that Shakespeare was a woman
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