# Episode 169: Shakespeare Documented

An episode of [The History of English Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536), 25 Jul 2023, 1 h 01 min.

Audio: https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep169-Shakespeare-Documented.mp3

William Shakespeare is widely considered to be the most important writer in the history of the English language, but relatively little is known about his personal life. The desire to know more about the ‘Bard of Avon’ has led to much speculation and conjecture over the centuries. In this episode, we try to separate fact from fiction as we look at the surviving documentation to determine what we actually know about the poet from Stratford-upon-Avon. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 169

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