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FACTS ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE :

Shakespeare never actually published any of his plays. They are known today only because two of his fellow actors – John Hemminges and Henry Condell – recorded and published 36 of them posthumously under the name ‘The First Folio’, which is the source of all Shakespeare books published.

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Twelfth Night is a comedy written by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02. One of the characters in the play, Olivia, experiences overwhelming feelings of grief following the loss of her brother. Olivia remains in a period of mourning until her curiosity is piqued by a young man who comes to her gate.

Character Analysis

Olivia is a beautiful woman with strong emotional reactions and no male guidance; she is not married and no longer has a father or brother. Several of the men in the play feel Olivia needs a man to help her manage her life and fortune, but she is too overcome with emotions to give them a chance at pursuing her.

At times, Olivia can be emotional and dramatic. Olivia mourns the recent loss of her brother. Instead of expressing interest in others she drowns herself in her sorrows. She mourns in a dramatic way by dressing in black. When she cries, her tears are compared to a 'brine' that 'seasons' her 'brother's dead love'

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Twelfth Night written by William Shakespeare

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HI!! I am Olivia from Twelfth Night written by William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare Facts: Read Facts About William Shakespeare

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Interested in Shakespeare facts? Below is a range of 50 little known facts about William Shakespeare.

Bear in mind that very little in the way of hard facts is actually known about Shakespeare’s life (unlike facts about Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, which are fairly well documented), but we’ve researched long and hard to come up with a range of interesting facts about the great man:

William Shakespeare Facts: 1

There is documentary proof that Shakespeare was baptised on 26th April 1564, and scholars believe that, in keeping with the traditions of the time, he would have been baptised when he was three days old, meaning Shakespeare was probably born on April 23rd. However, as Shakespeare was born under the old Julian calendar, what was April 23rd during Shakespeare’s life would actually be May 3rd according to today’s Gregorian calendar.

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Shakespeare’s parents were John and Mary Shakespeare (nee Arden). John came to Stratford from Snitterfield before 1532 as an apprentice glover and tanner of leathers. He prospered and began to deal in farm products and wool before being elected to a multitude of civic positions.

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Shakespeare had seven siblings: Joan (b 1558, only lived 2 months); Margaret (b 1562); Gilbert (b 1566); another Joan (b 1569); Anne (b 1571); Richard (b 1574) and Edmund (b 1580). Read more about Shakespeare’s family.

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One of Shakespeare’s relatives on his mother’s side, William Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed.

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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. Read more about Shakespeare’s family.

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There are more than 80 variations recorded for the spelling of Shakespeare’s name. In the few original signatures that have survived, Shakespeare spelt his name “Willm Shaksp,” “William Shakespe,” “Wm Shakspe,” “William Shakspere,” ”Willm Shakspere,” and “William Shakspeare”. There are no records of him ever having spelt it “William Shakespeare”, as we know him today.

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Few people realise that apart from writing his numerous plays and sonnets, Shakespeare was also an actor who performed many of his own plays as well as those of other playwrights. There is evidence that he played the ghost in Hamlet and Adam in As You Like It.

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During his life Shakespeare performed before Queen Elizabeth I and, later, before James I who was an enthusiastic patron of his work.

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Shakespeare lived a double life. By the seventeenth century he had become a famous playwright in London but in hishometown of Stratford, where his wife and children were, and which he visited frequently, he was a well known and highly respected businessman and property owner.

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It’s likely that Shakespeare wore a gold hoop earring in his left ear – a creative, bohemian look in the Elizabethan & Jacobean eras. This style is evidenced in the Chandos portrait, one of the most famous depictions of Shakespeare.

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During his lifetime Shakespeare became a very wealthy man with a large property portfolio. He was a brilliant businessman – forming a joint-stock company with his actors meaning he took a share in the company’s profits, as well as earning a fee for each play he wrote.

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Shakespeare’s family home in Stratford was called New Place. The house stood on the corner of Chapel Street and Chapel Lane, and was apparently the second largest house in the town

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Sometime after his unsuccessful application to become a gentleman, Shakespeare took his father to the College of Arms to secure their own Shakespeare family crest. The crest was a yellow spear on a yellow shield, with the Latin inscription “Non Sans Droict”, or “Not without Right”.

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On his death Shakespeare made several gifts to various people but left his property to his daughter, Susanna. The only mention of his wife in Shakespeare’s own will is: “I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture”. The “furniture” was the bedclothes for the bed.

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Shakespeare’s burial at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford Upon Avon is documented as happening on 25th April 1616. In keeping with traditions of the time it’s likley he would have been buried two days after his death, meaning Shakespeare likely died 23rd April 1616 – his 52nd birthday.

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Shakespeare penned a curse for his grave, daring anyone to move his body from that final resting place. His epitaph was:

Good friend for Jesus’ sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here:
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.

Though it was customary to dig up the bones from previous graves to make room for others, the remains inShakespeare’s grave are still undisturbed.

William Shakespeare Facts: 18

Shakespeare’s original grave marker showed him holding a bag of grain. Citizens of Stratford replaced the bag with a quill in 1747.

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Although Catholicism was effectively illegal in Shakespeare’s lifetime, the Anglican Archdeacon, Richard Davies of Lichfield, who had known him wrote some time after Shakespeare’s death that he had been a Catholic.

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During his life, Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets and a number of poems! that we know of. In addition there are a number of “lost plays” and plays that Shakespeare collaborated on. This means Shakespeare wrote an average 1.5 plays a year since he first started writing in 1589.

William Shakespeare Facts: 21

Shakespeare is most often referred to as an Elizabethan playwright, but as most of his most popular plays were written after Elizabeth’s death he was actually more of a Jacobean writer. His later plays also show the distinct characteristics of Jacobean drama.

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Shakespeare has been credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with introducing almost 3,000 words to the English language. Estimations of his vocabulary range from 17,000 to a dizzying 29,000 words – at least double the number of words used by the average conversationalist.

William Shakespeare Facts: 23

According to Shakespeare professor Louis Marder, “Shakespeare was so facile in employing words that he was able to use over 7,000 of them – more than occur in the whole King James Version of the Bible – only once and never again.”

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In Elizabethan theatre circles it was common for writers to collaborate on writing plays. Towards the end of his career Shakespeare worked with other writers on plays that have been credited to those writers. Other writers also worked on plays that are credited to Shakespeare. We know for certain that Timon of Athens was a collaboration with Thomas Middleton; Pericles with George Wilkins; and The Two Noble Kinsmen with John Fletcher.

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Shakespeare’s last play – The Two Noble Kinsmen – is reckoned to have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old.

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The Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare’s shortest play at just 1,770 lines long.

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Some scholars have maintained that Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him, with at least fifty writers having been suggested as the “real” author. However, the evidence for Shakespeare’s having written the plays is very strong.

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Although Shakespeare is almost universally considered as one of the finest writers in the English language, his contemporaries were not always as impressed. The first recorded reference to Shakespeare, written by theatre critic Robert Greene in 1592, was as an “upstart crow, beautified with our feathers”.

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Suicide occurs an unlucky thirteen times in Shakespeare’s plays. It occurs in Romeo and Juliet where both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, in Julius Caesar where both Cassius and Brutus die by consensual stabbing, as well as Brutus’ wife Portia.

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There are only two Shakespeare plays written entirely in verse: they are Richard II and King John. Many of the plays have half of the text in prose.

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It’s certain that Shakespeare wrote at least two plays that have been lost – titled Cardenio, and Love’s Labour’s Won. It’s likely that Shakespeare wrote many more plays that have been lost.

William Shakespeare Facts: 32

Shakespeare’s shortest play, The Comedy of Errors is only a third of the length of his longest, Hamlet, which takes four hours to perform.

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Two of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, have been translated into Klingon. The Klingon Language Institute plans to translate more! (If you’re into quirky Shakespeare facts check our our  list of 23 things you never knew about Shakespeare)

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The National Portrait Gallery in London’s first acquisition in 1856 was the ‘Chandos’ portrait of Shakespeare, attributed to the artist John Taylor. It’s now considered the only representation of the writer that has any real claim to having been painted from life. (See a gallery of Shakespeare portraits.)

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In the King James Bible the 46th word of Psalm 46 is ‘shake’ and the 46th word from the end of the same Psalm is ‘spear’. Some think this was a hidden birthday message to the Bard, as the King James Bible was published in 1611 – the year of Shakespeare’s 46th birthday.

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The moons of Uranus were originally named in 1852 after magical spirits from English literature. The International Astronomy Union subsequently developed the convention to name all further moons of Uranus (of which there are 27) after characters in Shakespeare’s plays or Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock.

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Shakespeare had close connections with King James I. The King made the actors of Shakespeare’s company ‘Grooms of Chamber’, in response to which Shakespeare changed the company’s name from the ‘Lord Chamberlain’s Men’ to the ‘King’s Men’. The new title made Shakespeare a favourite with the King and in much demand for Court performances.

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The Royal Shakespeare Company sells more than half a million tickets a year for Shakespeare productions at their theatres in Stratford-on-Avon, London and Newcastle – introducing an estimated 50,000 people to a live Shakespeare performance for the first time each year.

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Shakespeare never actually published any of his plays. They are known today only because two of his fellow actors – John Hemminges and Henry Condell – recorded and published 36 of them posthumously under the name ‘The First Folio’, which is the source of all Shakespeare books published.

William Shakespeare Facts: 40

The United States has Shakespeare to thank for its estimated 200 million starlings. In 1890 an American bardolator, Eugene Schiffelin, embarked on a project to import each species of bird mentioned in Shakespeare’s works that was absent from the US. Part of this project involved releasing two flocks of 60 starlings in New York’s Central Park.

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The American President Abraham Lincoln was a great lover of Shakespeare’s plays and frequently recited from them to his friends. His assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a famous Shakespearean actor.

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Candles were very expensive in Shakespeare’s time so they were used only for emergencies, for a short time. Most writers wrote in the daytime and socialised in the evenings. There is no reason to think that Shakespeare was any different from his contemporaries.

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Rumour has it that poet John Keats was so influenced by Shakespeare that he kept a bust of the Bard beside him while he wrote, hoping that Shakespeare would spark his creativity.

William Shakespeare Facts: 45

It was illegal for women and girls to perform in the theatre in Shakespeare’s lifetime so all the female parts were written for boys. The text of some plays like Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra refer to that. It was only much later, during the Restoration, that the first woman appeared on the English stage.

William Shakespeare Facts: 46

Shakespeare is the second most quoted writer in the English language – after the various writers of the Bible.

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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre came to a premature end on 29th June 1613 after a cannon shot set fire to the thatched roof during a performance of Henry VIII. Within two hours the theatre was burnt to the ground, to be rebuilt the following year. (See our article on interesting facts on The Globe Theatre.)

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An outbreak of the plague in Europe resulted in all London theatres being closed between 1592 and 1594. As there was no demand for plays during this time, Shakespeare began to write poetry, completing his first batch of sonnets in 1593, aged 29.
Shakespeare in words

William Shakespeare Facts: 49

‘William Shakespeare’ is an anagram of ‘I am a weakish speller’.

William Shakespeare Facts: 50

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Shakespeare wrote close to a tenth of the most quoted lines ever written or spoken in English. What’s more, according to the Literature Encyclopaedia, Shakespeare is the second most quoted English writer after the writers of the Bible.

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Copyright didn’t exist in Shakespeare’s time, as a result of which there was a thriving trade in copied plays. To help counter this, actors got their lines only once the play was in progress – often in the form of cue acting where someone backstage whispered them to the person shortly before he was supposed to deliver them.

Read to the bottom and still in need of unusual Shakespeare facts? Check out our list of 23 things you never knew about Shakespeare. If these William Shakespeare facts aren’t enough for you to understand the Bard and his life, check out our complete biography of Shakespeare, or this Shakespeare timeline.

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"To thine own self be true"

Play : Hamlet

Spoken by  -Polonius to his son Laertes

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Day 5
"To thine own self be true" Act 1,Scene 3

Play - Hamlet
Spoken By -Polonius has spoken these words as a token of advice to his son, Laertes, at the time of his departure to Paris.

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“This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!.”

This quote is from the play Hamlet. In Act 1, Scene 3 of the play and is Polonius's last piece of advice to his son Laertes.

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"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE".

The above quote is taken from the play,HAMLET.

The quote was spoken by,POLONIUS.

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Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Play - Twelfth Night
Character - Malvolio to Olivia

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Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush, stumble and fall.
Play - Romeo & Juliet
Character - Friar

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William Shakespear's Family:
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith.

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Tweet for today - "To thine own self be true "
It is one of the countless famous quotes coined by William Shakespeare. In Act 1, Scene III of the famous play, Hamlet, Polonius says, “This above all: to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man/Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!”

Meaning :
The first meaning is that someone can better judge himself if he has done what he should or could have. The second meaning is that one must be honest in his ways and relations. The third meaning is that one must always do the right thing.

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"To thine own self be true", says Polonius from Shakespeare's Hamlet

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Quote from Twelfth Nite, spoken by Duke Orsino.

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Shakespeare’s last play – The Two Noble Kinsmen – is reckoned to have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old.

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To thine own self be true

Play:
Hamlet

Character:
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''To thine own self be true''

Play: Hamlet
Speaker : Polonius

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"If music be the food of love, play on"

Play- Twelfth Night
Dialogue - Duke Orsino

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"To thine own self be true "
From the play- Hamlet
It is a way of saying that nothing at all matters more how we should act that our own esteem.

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Twelfth night

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"To thine own self be true "

Play - Hamlet

Spoken By - Polonius to his son Laertes as last piece of advice in Act 1,Scene 3.

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"To thine own self be true "

Play - Hamlet Act 1,Scene 3,  78-82.

Spoken By - Polonius's last piece of advise to his son Laertes.

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I am truly happy to see your responses and participation during English Week. Great job!!!!

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Tweet of the Day :
" To thine own self be true"

Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 78–82

"To thine own self be true" is Polonius's last piece of advice to his son Laertes, who is in a hurry to get on the next boat to Paris, where he'll be safe from his father's long-winded speeches

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'Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.'
Play : Twelfth Night
Spoken by Malvolio.

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' To thine own self be true '
Play : Hamlet
Words spoken by Polonius.

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Born : April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Died : May 3, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Education : King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon

FACTS ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

1. Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday.

2. Shakespeare invented the word "assassination".

3. Shakespeare and wife had eight children .

SHAKESPEARE'S QUOTE

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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Shakespeare facts
Shakespeare’s parents were John and Mary Shakespeare.

Shakespeare was also an actor who performed many of his own plays as well as those of other playwrights.

There is evidence that he played the ghost in 'Hamlet' and Adam in "A you like it".

Shakespeare has been credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with introducing almost 3,000 words to the English language!!!

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William Shakespeare's quote: "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"

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“If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.”

This quote is from the play Twelfth Night. In Act 1, Scene 1 of the play and this line is spoken by Duke Orsino.

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" If music is the food of love, play on."

Play -Twelfth Night
Spoken-by - Orsino

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none

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My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”

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Dressed as Princess Cinderella

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"If music be food of love, play on,"
is from Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 1.

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Fact about William Shakespear :Shakespeare’s parents were probably illiterate, and his children almost certainly were.

Nobody knows for sure, but it’s quite likely that John and Mary Shakespeare never learned to read or write, as was often the case for people of their standing during the Elizabethan era. Some have argued that John’s civic duties would have required basic literacy, but in any event he always signed his name with a mark. William, on the other hand, attended Stratford’s local grammar school, where he mastered reading, writing and Latin. His wife and their two children who lived to adulthood, Susanna and Judith, are thought to have been illiterate, though Susanna could scrawl her signature.

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“If music be the food of love, play on”
This tweet is from play - Twelfth Night Act 1, scene 1, 1–3
Spoken by DUKE ORSINO

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'Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."Act 2'Scene 5

spoken by - Malvolio to Fabian.

Play - Twelfth Night

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"If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it , that,surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. " Act 1,Scene 1

Play - Twelfth Night,1602
Spoken By - Duke Orsino to Curio.

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QUICK FACTS
ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPHERE

NAME

William Shakespeare

OCCUPATION

Poet, Playwright

BIRTH DATE

c. April 23, 1564

DEATH DATE

April 23, 1616

EDUCATION

King's New School

PLACE OF BIRTH
Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

PLACE OF DEATH

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

AKA

Shakspere

Will Shakespeare

NICKNAME

"Bard of Avon"

"Swan of Avon"

"The Bard"