There once was a playwright named Will
Whose spelling was practically Nil.
Whether Shaksper or Shakspere
Or Shakspe or Shakespeare,
Sweet Will paid his bill with a Quill.
Happy Birthday, Will Shakespeare
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Stephen Evans
on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 21:03
If anyone is curious about the spelling of his name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_Shakespeare%27s_name
Rosy Cole
on Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:23
Thank you for this enlightening link!
One of my volumes of the 'Complete Works' is hidebound and marbled with gold die-stamping. It was published in 1862 by H G Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, and apparently was owned by a pupil of Bedford School whose name is on the bookplate in Latin, Gulielmo H Parker (William Parker). He has missed out the second 'g'. This Victorian edition has the Bard's name as William Shakspere. (Perhaps suggesting 'father of the more famous Shak', probably 'Jacques':-) )
Now I'm thoroughly persuaded that Shak did his Dad proud in the Norman Conquest and earned honours of William the Conqueror 
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