Shakespeare: What Did He Really Look Like? | Face & History Revealed | Royalty Now

We’ve always been thrown off by the lack of portraiture for this great man. We don’t have a single verified description or portrait of William Shakespeare from life - we pretty much only know what we know about him thanks to his friends gathering and publishing his works after his death. In this video, we talk about the history of Shakespeare - what we know about his life, personality, and authorship of his works. And then we'll reveal some recreations after an analysis of his portraiture - which one is the true Shakespeare?

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0:00 Shakespeare's Life
7:17 Personality
7:49 Authorship Debate
10:07 Legacy
11:11 What did Shakespeare look like?
14:49 Recreations Revealed

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[jennifermcdonald]

I’ve been binge watching these for about 3-4 hours, and I can’t tell you how wonderful I’ve found them! You have changed distant historical figures, into real life human beings that I can relate to, feel real pity for, share the feelings I believe they felt! I know this sounds very ordinary, but it has honestly changed the way I view history and the people from it! Thank you!

[abbieb]

My favorite part is usually the modern recreation. It makes him seem more familiar, like we could bump into this guy at a university and have an interesting conversation.

[PokhrajRoy.]

William Shakespeare is a fascinating figure because (as you mentioned already) there’s very little material on his life so a lot of us can project ourselves on to him. Also, people think his English is archaic and too posh for us now but his language was the most accessible yet poetic way of putting things across.

[juliea]

Shakespeare's grammar school education was better than any education today. He read Latin and Greek authors in Latin and Greek. It is ridiculous to think Shakespeare didn't write his plays because of his "limited" education. Geniuses don't need a college degree to excel.

[timtaylor]

Very well thought out and authentic, based on what we know. It's s quite possible that Shakespeare travelled abroad 1585-1592 which is where he picked up Italian, Venetian and Genoese knowledge mentioned in his plays and explains why there is no record of him in England during that period

[allisonmerkle]

I love this! When I look at your modern recreation, I feel like I actually could be looking at Shakespeare, and that we can infer so much about him from his face. I also love that the modern interpretation looks like he could be a professor of Shakespeare at a prestigious university.

[rubycelica]

you just have the most pleasant voice EVER, i could listen to you reading recipe cards!:) and as usual your work is on point, thank you very much for your efforts!

[awalden]

Where does one begin? There's so much to LOVE about this beautiful video. Watching this made my heart beat a little faster... and I felt goosebumps on my arms and neck for the reveal. Splendid! I'm envious of your skills and talent... we are so fortunate that you share them with us! 💖

[sarahm]

This series is incredibly moving. Thank you so much for presenting Shakespeare.

[Benni]

As a theatre and history nerd, this highly intrigued me! 😍

[MysteryScoop]

Your channel has evolved so much... this is beautiful work! Guys, this is amazing stuff! Well done! Keep them coming!

[charleendavis]

Since the pandemic my life has suffered many setbacks. Watching your wonderful recreations and historical lessons has become the highlight of my evenings. My kids and I look forward to them at the end of our day and even though they are quite young I feel they are learning quite a lot. So thank you very much for your inspiration 😊

[timothyjohnson]

This is a great narration, far better than 99% of all of the videos I have seen on youtube. The vocal inflection is perfect as can come only from someone who has taken the time to actually look at the words she is speaking beforehand. It adds a great deal of interest and enjoyment to the subject.

[rotapp]

The magic feeling of looking at these historical characters face to face is just amazing. <3 Thank you.

[brendareiber]

Thank you for making Shakespeare’s eyes come alive. Looking at your re-creation, the eyes remind me of my oldest brother, who has passed away. Once you added AI there was a light in the eyes for a split second reminded me of my brother's large eyes.

[marjorieroman]

Absolutely stunning portrait at 15:04 ! I love your work sooo much...I make portraits on carved leather and I did Shakespeare several times from the same source, so I'm used to see it but my heart litterally bumped at seeing your recreation from it... I thought I was really in front of Shakespeare himself as If I had jumped through times!!! Amazing!

[yyunqun]

I simply love your videos. Found your channel and binge watch them in one day. Amazing work!✨

[andrika]

he is absolutely one of my favorite literary authors of all time! The recreation of him reminds me of Tim Burton a bit? Or is it just my eyes. Anyway i do think some of the portraits that are presumed to be him share vague similarity! I do think that the Chandos portrait could have been close to his likeness its the way i've always imagined him. I think his appearance is not far from these artistic interepretations however portraits can be different from photographs because they cannot capture a person aging each decade. Anyway I love awaiting to see what historical figures you will recreate next. I do have a suggestion I made it on an older video I would love to see a recreation of Tecumseh. I do often wonder what portraits out there might possibly be close to his likeness.

[jeans]

Could you do a reconstruction of Florence Nightingale? She is one the historical figures that I respect greatly. Thank you!

[tritzispoosa]

Shakespeare was enigmatic. Great video and summary of his life.