Anything interesting/weird about Shakespeare?

Question

Don't say that he was a playwright or that he was born and died on the same day.

Answer 1

Probably had a "shotgun wedding" and married Ann Hathaway who was six years older than he was.Their daughter, Elizabeth was born six months after the wedding. In his will, all he left his wife was his "second best bed"

Answer 2

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, the son of a glover. He left for London in the 1580’s where he became an actor, poet and playwright, certainly the greatest poet and playwright in the English language although little is known of his acting skills. He wrote about 42 plays, the exact extent of his work is uncertain as some plays have dubious authorship. Shakespeare is justly famous for his portrayal of English kings which have given us a rigid yet, alas, totally inaccurate portrayal of their personalities.

Strangely, we are unsure as to the exact date of Shakespeare’s birth. We know that he was baptised on 26th April and the great literary critic A L Rowse tells us that infants in those days were baptised three days after birth.

Stranger still, we are unsure as to the exact date of Shakespeare’s death. His burial record does not show the date of death.

Stranger yet, we are unsure as to who actually wrote the plays. Many critics say that Shakespeare was illiterate, there are none of his manuscripts extant, and that the works were written by another playwright or playwrights of the time.

Answer 3

there is considerable debate amongst scholars as to whether he is even the real author. (Don't believe a word of it, they are all treacherous dogs especially that Marlowe, lol, sorry i am a little biased in the authorial debate but yeah check it out)

Answer 4

When he died, in his will he left his wife "the second best bed."

Answer 5

He was also an actor and he specialized in playing old men.

Answer 6

when he died he left his wife only one thing according to the will:
his "second-best bed."

Answer 7

He invented over 1700 words that we use today--assassination, bump, torture, mountaineer, addiction, amazement, frugal...

Complete list here:
http://shakespeare.about.com/library/weekly/aa042400a.htm