You may have skipped over this article titled, like so many others, 20 Things You Never Knew About Shakespeare because we’ve seen it all so many times before.  Well, go click on this one because it’s quite different.  This one is actually an interview with Stanley Wells and Jonathan Bate, among others, and covers such topics as:

• What did Shakespeare spend his money on?
• Did he keep a pet?
• Was he a fan of lighting and sound effects?
• What is his most overrated play?

Of course it’s all conjecture, but at least it’s conjecture from the experts who have at least a reasonable argument to back up their points.  The first question, about Shakespeare’s sexuality, is likely to drive most of us a little batty (“Whatever he was, at parties he would certainly have gone home with the best-looking person in the room”), but other answers are more factual and less frustrating.

I have to admit, they cover topics I’d never thought of.  Or, rather, thought I’d known the obvious answer to.  Was Will a good drinking buddy, or more shy and standoff-ish? Did Will Kemp really leave their group because of creative differences?  How often (and when and why) did he get back to Stratford?