William Shakespeare Facts: 1
Macbeth is thought to be one of the most produced plays ever, with a performance beginning somewhere in the world every four hours!
William Shakespeare Facts: 2
Most academics agree that Shakespeare wrote his first play, Henry VI, Part One around 1589 to 1590 when he would have been around 25 years old. If you're 13 you'll think he was ancient, but if you're 26 you'll probably be thinking about where your life is going!
William Shakespeare Facts: 3
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, in Othello where Othello stabs himself, in Hamlet where Ophelia is said to have "drowned" in suspicious circumstances, in Macbeth when Lady Macbeth dies, and finally in Antony and Cleopatra where suicide occurs an astounding five times (Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras and Eros).
William Shakespeare Facts: 4
Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare's death there are 15 million pages referring to him on Google. There are 132 million for God, 2.7 million for Elvis Presley, and coming up on Shakespeare's heels, George W Bush with 14.7 million
William Shakespeare Facts: 5
Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of 52. He wrote on average 1 . 5 plays a year since he first started in 1589. His last play The Two Noble Kinsmen is reckoned to have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old. When you think about it, it was amazing. While he was writing the plays at such a pace he was also conducting a family life, a social life and a full business life, running an acting company and a theatre. And he was practising his profession as an actor He was also writing poems. If he wrote at night he was doing it in poor lighting and using a quill and ink.