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Title: Top Ten Facts About Shakespeare Post by: Amitkumar on March 08, 2011, 01:20:00 AM (http://800005.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/informative/10_facts_shakespeare_01.gif)
(http://800005.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/informative/10_facts_shakespeare_03.jpg) Trivia Fact 1 No one knows the actual birthday of Shakespeare! Trivia Fact 2 Anne Hathaway was eight years older than Shakespeare and three months pregnant when they got married! Trivia Fact 3 Many Shakespeare life facts are unknown - these are referred to as the Lost Years Trivia Fact 4 Shakespeare's Father, John was a money lender! He was accused in the Exchequer Courtof Usury for lending money at the inflated rate of 20% and 25% Interest! Trivia Fact 5 William Arden, a relative of Shakespeare's mother Mary Arden, was arrested for plottingagainst Queen Elizabeth I, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed! Trivia Fact 6 Shakespeare and his company built TWO Globe Theatres! Trivia Fact 7 Shakespeare never published any of his plays! Trivia Fact 8 Shakespeare and the Globe Actors were implicated in the Essex Rebellion of 1601! Trivia Fact 9 Many eminent Authors and Politicians do not believe that Shakespeare wrote his plays... Trivia Fact 10 Shakespeare's family were all illiterate! (http://800005.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/informative/10_facts_shakespeare_02.jpg) |