10 Shocking Things About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is one of the ‘greats’ of English Literature. Indeed he is, arguably, the greatest playwright that ever lived. His works have guided, inspired and amused audiences for hundreds of years and not just in his native English. The works of Shakespeare have been translated into almost every language (it works particularly well and is very popular in Russian and Japanese) and even into Klingon.
Most children will study at least one of the works of Shakespeare in school. His works are timeless, as relevant now as they were in their own day
– a fact proved by the number of ‘interpretations’ of the plays that set them in a variety of different locations, from modern India to feudal Japan! He also manages to convey the broad range and depth of human emotion more successfully than almost any other playwright. He did this in a range of stories that covered almost every potential topic with some of the most fascinating characters ever created.But how well do you know ‘the bard’ the enigmatic character behind the plays? Here are 10 things you never knew, or even suspected about William Shakespeare!
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