Was Shakespeare left handed

Answer 1

The bust of Shakespeare at Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon was mounted there by his family. The statue shows Bill with a quill in his RIGHT hand. (You'd hope that his family knew, huh?)

People who have studied Shakespeare's handwriting also conclude that he was right-handed.

Answer 2

We have a few examples of his handwriting. I believe that that indicates that he wrote with his right hand.

I found this:

Was Shakespeare right or left handed?

Shakespeare's handwriting has been carefully studied by palaeographers and there is no suggestion in these studies that he was not naturally right-handed. The bust of Shakespeare put up by his family in Stratford's Holy Trinity Church after his death shows him holding a quill pen in his right hand so we can assume that he was, like most people, right-handed.

Answer 3

Shakespeare is shown in his funerary monument holding a pen in his right hand. If the monument is accurate (and it was approved by people who knew him) that means that he wrote right-handed.

On the other hand, it must be kept in mind that to be left handed was considered literally "sinister", which is where we get the word from; it means left-handed and implies evil intent. It would have been completely slanderous to portray him holding a quill in his left hand in an official bust or portrait, regardless of fact.

As a boy, his school master would have plucked the quill from his hand and placed it in his right hand had he showed any inclination to left-handedness, which was severely punished. This practice continued well into the 20th Century. The result was a high number of people who were ambidextrous.

Answer 4

Harry tells Ollivander that he is right-handed when he's going to buy a wand in the first book.

Answer 5

Like Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and C P E Bach, Mozart was indeed left-handed.

Answer 6

No, he is dead. When he was alive, if the monument his friends and relatives erected in his honour is to be believed, he was right handed. He holds a pen in his right hand.

Answer 7

he wrote with his right hand.

Answer 8

she was right handed.

Answer 9

I believe he is right-handed.

Answer 10

Right handed ✋