5 Funny Facts About Shakespeare. Jessica is Shylocks daughter in The Merchant of Venice and the name was quite probably Shakespeares coinage the idea being to create a Jewish-sounding name. Few people realize that aside from writing 37 plays and composing 154 sonnets William was also an actor who performed many of his own plays as well as those of other playwrights Ben Jonson.

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William was born in April 1564 in a town called. More Than 80 Spelling Variations of His Name. Unlike most famous artists of his time the Bard did not die. It was here that Shakespeare made his name as a budding young writer and penned such classics as Romeo and Juliet A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Taming of the Shrew.