Shakespeare’s birthday is April 23, 1564, which makes him 460 years old this year. Everybody knows him from his plays that he created, but many people didn’t know that he was also a businessman of a theater company called The Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
Shakespeare wrote approximately 40 plays. Some of them are “Hamlet,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “King Lear.”
Some facts about Shakespeare are that he created over 1,700 words, including eyeball and lonely. His birthplace, which is Stratford-upon-Avon, has a population of 134,700.
He had three children with his wife Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare even acted in some of his own plays and was known for his small roles and most likely playing The Ghost of Hamlet’s Father.
Are you doing anything for Shakespeare’s birthday?
