Nathan Parker

Mrs. Curmano
English P7
9 March 2016
10 Facts on Shakespeare or His Time
1. Some people think that William Shakespeare never existed and that all his plays were actually
written by Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford.
2. Shakespeares parents were most likely illiterate and his children definitely were.
3. Shakespeare had seven siblings.
4. There are more than eighty different incorrect variations of the spelling of William Shakespeares
name.
5. Shakespeare was not only a renowned poet/playwright, but he also was a businessman and
property owner.
6. Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets and a number of poems.
7. Out of the recorded signatures of William Shakespeare he spelled it multiple ways, but never
William Shakespeare.
8. Shakespeare and his men played for James I and became his official player.
9. Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words.
10. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Shakespeare wrote about one-tenth of the
most quotable quotations ever written or spoken in English.