Facts About Shakespeare’s Life 8. Shakespeare’s father made gloves for a living Shakespeare’s parents were John and Mary Shakespeare (nee Arden). John came to Stratford upon Avon from Snitterfield before 1532 as an apprentice glover and tanner of leathers. He prospered and began to deal in...
Even if Shakespeare wrote his own work, he did not always write alone. As many as a dozen of his later plays are believed to have been collaborations with other authors--including TheTwo Noble Kinsman, known to be written with John Fletcher,Timon of Athenswith Thomas Middleton, andPericleswi...
with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. (Joseph Romm, Washington) - - She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle ...
Bear in mind that very little in the way of hard facts is actually known aboutShakespeare’s life(unlikefacts about Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, which are fairly well documented), but we’ve researched long and hard to come up with this huge – and unique – selection of verifiable Shakespe...