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Fun Facts About
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare never actually published any of his
plays. They were recorded and published by two of
his fellow actors, John Hemminges and Henry
Condell as a manuscript titled The First Folio.
It was published in 1623, 7 years after
Shakespeare’s death.
Nobody knows Shakespeare’s
actual birthdate. It is
celebrated on April 23rd, three
days prior to his recorded
baptism on April 26th.
Shakespeare is credited as
the author of a play titled
Cardenio. The play has been
completely lost with there
being no known record of its
story anywhere.
Shakespeare was well-known for creating
his own words. It is widely debated how
many words he actually created;
however, he is credited for the creation
of over 3,000 in the Oxford
English Dictionary.
Shakespeare feared that
his remains would be
disturbed after his death,
so he wrote a curse in the
form of a poem that ‘s engraved
on his tombstone.
There are over 80 different spellings of
Shakespeare’s name recorded during his
lifetime. There are no existing records of
him signing his name “Shakespeare,” the
spelling used in modern times.
Of all the languages Shakespeare’s works have been translated,
Star Trek’s Klingon language is thought to be the most unusual.
Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing were translated into
Klingon by the Klingon Language Institute as part of the Klingon
Shakespeare Restoration Project.