Shakespeare Memorial, Southwark Cathedral (c) BBC Edmund, William’s youngest brother and his junior by sixteen years, was baptised on 3 May 1580. In 1607 the register of St. Giles parish ...

It is a variant of "the Shakespeare of English prose," which is commonly attributed to Gray, but was the invention of William Mason, Gray's biographer, who "is not rich enough," says Mr. Gosse ...

William wasn’t around much at home as he went to London to be an actor. His brother Edmund soon followed ... You have more in common with Shakespeare than you think. Shakespeare lived through ...