Yes, It Seems Impossible, But Thomas North Literally Lived Shakespeare's Plays (early 1570s)
Here are the iconic scenes from Shakespeare plays that North, himself, experienced
It should seem bonkers to suggest anyone could have lived Shakespeare’s plays. After all, some of the plays are dream-like fairytales—like The Winter’s Tale or A Midsummer Night’s Dream—with no apparent connection to any possible reality, let alone the life of a Tudor playwright. Most others are not even fictional but historical or authentically legenda…