Top 10 Facts About Shakespeare's Personal Life

The Top Ten

1 Shakespeare's real name is unknown

He never spelled his name exactly the way we know it.

2 Shakespeare's got married when he was 18

3 Shakespeare was already famous as an actor and playwright at age 28

4 Shakespeare might have plagiarized other playwrights, such as Robert Greene

5 Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, was renamed as the King's Men after the king allowed them into the royal household.

6 Shakespeare allegedly did not include any of his personal interests in his sonnets, leaving his personal interests mainly unknown.

7 Women were not allowed to perform back then, boys or youthful men took up the female roles in Shakespeare's plays.

8 Shakespeare's scripts were not meant to be read but were meant to be acted out.

9 Shakespeare did not own personal rights to his scripts, anyone could have used his ideas.

10 Shakespeare took advantage of popular trends in his time era and incorporated them into his plays.

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