1. Q: Did Shakespeare act in some of his plays?
A: William was also an actor who performed many of his own plays as well as those of other playwrights
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/facts/facts.htm
2. Q: Was his wife Anne Hathaway?
A: Yes, she was 26 and William was 18 when they got married and they had 3 children.
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/facts/facts.htm
3. Q: What was his family background?
A: He was born in Stratdford-on-Avon
William's mother's name was Mary Arden. She came from a very wealthy family. Mary had eight children.
William went to Stratford Grammar School where he got all his education. At age seven, Shakespeare studied classics in Greek and Latin.
Shakespeares father was a mayor
He had a daughter names Susanna, twins Judith and Hamnet. Unfortunately Hamnet died at age 11 in 1569.
No evidence of Shakespeare was found between the years of 1585-1592
William left London in 1611, and he died on his birthday and the cause is still unknown
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/main/shakespeare.html
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