Who Was William Shakespeare? Get to Know the Man Behind the Legend

mymodernmet.com: Who was William Shakespeare? Most people do not know much more about the Englishman except that he wrote plays. But for over 400 years, the playwright has managed to captivate readers, filmmakers, and pop-culture fans alike. The answer to his allure may lie in the enduring characters of his works or perhaps his poetic voice. Each generation reinvents Shakespeare. The audience members who sat in the Globe Theater laughed at the ribald jokes of Twelfth Night; 400 years later a young Channing Tatum played Duke Orsino in She's The Man, a role which subtly introduced millennials to the works of Shakespeare.