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The relatively few facts we know about the world's greatest poet and dramatist, William Shakespeare, have made him an enigmatic figure. Some imaginative people have even concluded that he wasn't who he was after all. 我们对威廉·莎士比亚所知甚少，以至这位世界上最伟大的诗人兼剧作家几乎成了一位神秘人物。有些颇具想象力的人甚至得出结论：莎士比亚根本不是我们所了解的那个人！ But what we do know about the man and his works is intriguing enough. Snap up these unconsidered trifles: 不过，我们对莎士比亚及其作品的了解也足够精彩纷呈了。以下就是莎士比亚不为人知的方面： 1. Shakespeare wasn't the only Shakespeare in the theatre. 莎士比亚不只是家里唯一投身剧场的人。 His brother Edmund, sixteen years his junior, became an actor in London too, though without making much of a mark. His death at the age of twenty-seven was followed by a funeral in St Saviour's Church, Southwark, which was an expensive one - indicating a local relative with money. Which brings us to... 尽管并未成什么大气候，比他小16岁的弟弟埃德蒙也在伦敦做演员。埃德蒙27岁就命丧黄泉，葬礼在南华克的圣救世主教堂举行，葬礼颇有排场——说明家境还不错。由此我们可以推断…… 2. Shakespeare was a fat cat. 莎士比亚是个阔佬。 | 
