Shakespeare's birthday: happy 450th to the Bard

If historical guesswork is to be believed, William Shakespeare was born 450 years ago on Wednesday, and died on the same date, 23 April, 52 years later. The poet and playwright was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, the third child of eight to his middle-class parents, John and Mary Shakespeare. Within 30 years, he would forge a career in the theatre that would still make him the world's most celebrated playwright five centuries later.

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Why dost thou converse with that trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey Iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?

Taken from: Henry IV, part I

Sounds like Monty Python.

I heard that all his plays were written by someone else who just happened to have the same name.

I am pretty sure it is somewhere in this batch of 3.7 million hits.

https://www.google.com/search?q=shakesp ... 3&ie=UTF-8

Per NPR, why did he leave his home for London? It appears Will had been poaching the King's Deer and he had to flee.