Shakespeare Facts

My favourite facts about Shakespeare...

1. Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday. How unfortunate.
2. Shakespeare was married when he was 17. His wife, Anne Hathaway, was 26. Scandalous!
3. The epitaph on his grave curses anyone who tries to move his bones. Even Shakespeare was a twisted man. It reads: Good friend for Jesus’ sake forbear,
   To dig the dust enclosed here:
   Blest be the man that spares these stones,
   And curst be he that moves my bones.
4. William Arden, one of Shakespeare's relatives, was arrested for plotting against the Queen, imprisoned in the Tower of London, and executed. Should he have been?
5. During a performance of Henry VIII, a cannon shot set fire to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 1613.
6. Suicide occurs 13 time in Shakespeare's plays. The most well-known suicide occurs in Romeo and Juliet, where they both kill themselves. 
7. All London theatre were closed between 1592 and 1594 because of an outbreak of the plague.
8. Shakespeare's father, John, was prosecuted 4 times for illegal trading of wool and money-lending. Evil runs in the family, so I see.
9. Many of Shakespeare's sonnets are self-loathing and bitter, although sonnets are usually love poems. Who needs love?!
10. All of Shakespeare's family were illiterate. How sad.