He doesn’t look a day past 455.
I thought that was from Nights in White Satin.
(It's also St. George's Day, in commemoration of the Roman soldier who was martyred for the Faith under Diocletian on 04/23/303.)
The ‘rheumatic diseases’ of this quote may be a reminder of the 1592-93 Plague reoccurrence that hit the London area with about a 12% fatality rate. This came shortly after Shakespeare’s probable start date in the city as he already had Richard III and the three parts of Henry VI performing in the early 1590s.
When we talk of pandemics, what we are seeing now is so pale in comparison to the 10 waves of plagues that swept through England alone from 1350 to 1666. In the 1500s, these attacks came almost every generation!
He only wrote in Ink. Problem was - 2B or not 2B !
Just watched a special on Will - there is no evidence he even knew how to read or write. The County he lived in has no record of him signing anything including his marriage license.
No evidence he wrote one word of his “works”
Happy Birthday, Will. Many more.
Dr Who - Carol of the Birds
The Shakespeare Code - David Tennant
https://youtu.be/9KJ6dO0B3V8