Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday with our top 10 William Shakespeare facts!

To mark Shakespeare Week, we’ve uncovered some trivia about the bard who brought us the likes of Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar and King Lea

09:10 23 April 2014

While William Shakespeare is one of the world’s most famous and respected writers, little is really known about the man himself.

To mark Shakespeare Week, we’ve uncovered some trivia about the bard who brought us the likes of Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.