Sheesh... everyone knows Shakespere was black.
Oh my goodness, that explains everything! Except the crow ...
I have no idea about his religion of choice, but his father was Jochanan Ardon, a wool dealer and money lender and his mother Miriam Ardon was a “converso” from Judiasm.
So he was Jewish, at least by Jewish law.
His Hebrew in his plays was quite good, so he had some familiarity with his ethnic origin.