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What school would you like to go to after you graduate?:

Didn't go to college, but attended "King's New School in Stratford" for grammar school.

Hometown:

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (and later London)

Relationship Status:

It's Complicated

Favorite Book:

All the ones I've written:

Why is it your favorite book:

They include the Tragedies: Antony and Cleopatra | Coriolanus | Hamlet | Julius Caesar | King Lear | Macbeth | Othello | Romeo and Juliet | Timon of Athens | Titus Andronicus | Troilus and Cressida
The Comedies: All's Well That Ends Well | As You Like It | The Comedy of Errors | Cymbeline | Love's Labour's Lost | Measure for Measure | The Merchant of Venice | The Merry Wives of Windsor | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Much Ado About Nothing | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | The Taming of the Shrew | The Tempest | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | The Two Noble Kinsmen | The Winter's Tale
The Histories: King John | Richard II | Henry IV, Part 1 | Henry IV, Part 2 | Henry V | Henry VI, part 1 | Henry VI, part 2 | Henry VI, part 3 | Richard III | Henry VIII
The Poems: Sonnets | Venus and Adonis | The Rape of Lucrece | The Passionate Pilgrim | The Phoenix and the Turtle | A Lover's Complaint
And the Apocrypha and Lost Plays (Maybe I wrote 'em, maybe I didn't): Edward III | Sir Thomas More | Cardenio (lost) | Love's Labour's Won (lost) | The Birth of Merlin | Locrine | The London Prodigal | The Puritan | The Second Maiden's Tragedy | Richard II, Part I: Thomas of Woodstock | Sir John Oldcastle | Thomas Lord Cromwell | A Yorkshire Tragedy | Fair Em | Mucedorus | The Merry Devil of Edmonton | Arden of Faversham | Edmund Ironside | Vortigern and Rowena

Who was your hero growing up and why? (Trust us, this will make a great College Essay):

It would have to be a tossup between her majesty, Queen Elizabeth I, and Spiderman.

What is your favorite word?:

Rose

What is your least favorite word?:

Dude

What inspires you creatively, spiritually or emotionally?:

Collaboration

What uninspires you?:

Bad Teeth

What sound or noise do you love?:

The Sound of a crowded theatre when an audience is enthralled.

What sound or noise do you hate?:

The Sound of a crowded theatre when an audience wants their money back.

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?:

I see you chose, TO BE.

Favorite Music:

William Byrd, John Bull, John Dowland, Robert Johnson, John Taverner, Thomas Morley, Orlando Gibbons, and John Blitheman. But more modern music... well, I really like Eminem.

Favorite TV Show:

Anything on the BBC