Many interesting facts about Shakespeares life have survived, and will help shed some light on who William Shakespeare really was as a playwright, as well as who he was as a man.

There is a misconception that all of Shakespeares plays were performed at this location out of some sort of loyalty, but this is simply untrue.It wasn't that there were no universities during Shakespeare's time, it was just that only people of extreme privilege had the opportunity to peruse higher learning.In England, the collegiate system had been around for hundreds of years.While attending university would have been a common practice for many upper-class people, most of England's population during Shakespeare's time were poor laborers that would never have the opportunity.Shakespeare did attend some school as a child, and the mere fact that he could read and write backs this up.