Random facts about Shakespeare.

• Shakespeare's name may have meant "Shaker of Spears," indicating warrior ancestry.
• The river running through Shakespeare's hometown is the Upper Avon, not the Avon. In Shakespeare's time, the town was called Stratford, not Stratford-upon-Avon.
• The ceiling of Shakespeare's stages was called "The Heavens."
• In his will, Shakespeare left his wife his "second-best" bed.