Sexuality of William Shakespeare Sexuality of William Shakespeare The sexuality of William Shakespeare has been the subject of recurring debate. It is known from public records that he married Anne Hathaway and that they had three children; scholars have analysed their relationship through these documents, and particularly through the bequests to her in Shakespeare's will. Some have speculated Shakespeare had affairs with other women, based on contemporaries' written anecdotes of such affairs and sometimes on the "Dark Lady" figure in his sonnets. Some scholars have argued he was bisexual, based on analysis of the sonnets: many, including Sonnet 18 "Shall I compare thee to
James Shakespeare the regret at his death. Joseph Shakespeare (c. 1808 – 18 March 1888) was married to Sophia Shakespeare, née Lewis, (c. 1818 – 15 May 1875), perhaps his second wife when they emigrated. He married again to Emma Sutherland (c. 1820 – 25 November 1906) on 17 May 1882. They lived at the Temperance Hotel, North Terrace then "Seaview Villa", Seaview Road, Henley Beach. Joseph's children included: George Shakespeare, an organist and music teacher of Mount Gambier, South Australia, also with origins in Birmingham, brother of William Shakespeare FRAM. and another claimed descendant of the Bard, appears not to be