It's fascinating to think of Shakespeare reading Don Quixote and adapting a story from it for one of his later plays. I knew that Shakespeare and Cervantes had

It's fascinating to think of Shakespeare reading Don Quixote and adapting a story from it for one of his later plays. I knew that Shakespeare and Cervantes had died within 10 days of each other but was surprised to find out that Cervantes lived to 68 while Shakespeare was only 52.