From Hamlet:
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite
jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a
thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is!
My gorge rises at it.
Usually mis-qouted as
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well.
"Play it again, Sam" from Casablanca (1942). This exact line is not in the film. The actual lines: Rick: You know what I want to hear. Sam: No, I don't. Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me! Sam: Well, I don't think I can remember Rick: If she can stand it, I can! Play it!
The title "man of all times" was given to William Shakespeare by the writer Ben Jonson in the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays published in 1623. Jonson's dedication praises Shakespeare as being not just of an age, but for all time.
Shakespeare was reasonably well-to-do and lived more comfortably than most people of his time. However most modern people would notice the lack of modern conveniences, particularly in the sanitation and personal hygiene line.
William Shakespeare was alive during the Elizabethan period. He was the most famous playwrite of his time.
William Shakespeare was an English poet, and he is the most famous one of all time.
The most popular actor in Shakespeare's company was Richard Burbage. Burbage was recognized as the second-most famous actor in London at the time after Ned Alleyn. Shakespeare wrote all his leading roles after 1594 for Burbage to play.
Queen Elizabeth the I
Hamlet, by a large margin.
Most of them, at some time or another.
Elizabeth I was queen at the time that Shakespeare was born and continued until he was 39. For the last 13 years of his life, James I was king. Elizabeth was queen for three-quarters of Shakespeare's life.
Latin was the language which formed most of the curriculum in Shakespeare's day. The students spent most of their time translating Latin texts.
At least for part of Shakespeare's time, she was Mrs. William Shakespeare.