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Disney, once upon of time,
attempted to buy the entire
Shakespeare library with rights
but gave up on it after they
tried to rewrite 'Romeo And Juliet'
with a sort of happy ending and it failed.

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The working drafts of Romeo & Juliet were set, not in Verona, but in two places within London, the East End of Stepney and the West End of Covent Garden. The play's working title was "West Side Story"

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Shakespeare got the idea for Lady Macbeth's "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" speech after eating a bag of Cheese and Onion Crisps.

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Shakespere's mom's maiden name was the first known hyphenated last name in the English language:

Capulet-Montague

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Shakespeare wrote a law enforcement buddy play called The Watch of Appold Street #fakeshakespearefacts #hashtaggames

Shakespeare crowdsourced the plot for As You Like It.

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Shakespeare got his start writing Titus Andronicus for NaPlaWriMo (National Play Writing Month).

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Shakespeare was inspired to write Henry V after discovering authentic eye-witness accounts. However, after reading Henry’s actual speech* at Agincourt, Will decided to take some liberties with history.

[*] “Good news, lads: there’s plenty of pox-ridden French pricks to go around. Anyone who doesn’t kill at least 20 of the wankers has to buy the drinks. Alright, let’s go fuck ‘em up!”

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Did you know that being a “ham” comes from the name of the character Hamlet? #fakeshakespearefacts

Shakespeare was desperate, in the pocket of theater owners and would have crossed the #WGAStrike picket lines. Chris Marlow would have stayed #WGAStrong

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To make ends meet, Shakespeare worked at Taco Bell. Having memorized the pantry inventory list, he later used it for the witches brew in The Scottish Play

✅ Eye of Newt
✅ Toe of Frog
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#fakeshakespearefacts Will Shakespeare wrote the sonnets and plays, not Emilia Bassano. #elizabethwinkler #ShakespeareWasaWoman

Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway, and wrote "The Devil Wears Prada" for her.

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Google pays a royalty to the Shakespeare foundation for using 'Bard'.

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Most people don't know it, but there was a sequel to A Midsummer Night's Dream called "A Latewinter Morning's Hangover".

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♥ I was in a mood and then #Hashtaggames #FakeShakespeareFacts just snapped me right out of it! So darn funny!
♥ I mentioned a dilemma to my elderly mother - who I never ask for advice since she is generally not a practical thinker- and she solved it for me
♥ I found an old keyboard I resisted throwing away.. so life with this crazy laptop is waaay better til I can make time to buy and set up a new one

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