Question | Answer |
23rd April 1564 | What is his birthdate?
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Stratford Upon Avon, England | Where was he born?
| Mary and John | parent's names
| Anne Hathaway, 7 years | What was his wife's first name and how many years older than him was she?
| Susanna and twins, Hamnet and Judith | Name Shakespeare's children.
| Elizabeth 1st and James 1st | Who were the two rulers of England during Shakespeare's life?
| Famous actor of the Globe. First great actor in England | Who was Richard Burbage?
| The Plague | What terrible disease killed many during Shakespeare's time?
| The Bard, the poet | What was Shakespeare's nickname and what does it mean?
| Hamlet 29551 words | Which of his plays was the longest in length?
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Which play featured the character 'Puck'?
| Macbeth | In which play is King Duncan murdered?
| 37 plays and 154 sonnets | How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?
| Cardenio | Name the one play that was lost and never published.
| 23rd April 1616. He died on his 52nd birthday | Which year did Shakespeare did and how old was he?
| Holy Trinity Church, Stratford Upon Avon | Where is he buried?
| | Explain briefly how he died.
| His 2nd best bed | What item did he leave his wife in his will?
| Good friend for Jesus sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stores, and cured be he that moves my bones | What were the words he had inscribed on his tombstone? |