Here's a test: close your eyes and in your mind picture what William Shakespeare looked like. Almost certainly you're thinking of a middle-aged man with a receding hairline and pointy beard ...

His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, has remained an elusive figure. He left behind little documentation — no ...

Very little is known about Shakespeare's physical appearance and his body measurements, such as his height and weight, so what did the Bard really look like? Various portraits have been painted ...