Although some references to Shakespeare are based on facts, the majority of each statement that accompanies each painting is a load of codswallop, so readers should not take the information provided too seriously, but view it as light entertainment. It was enjoyable researching Shakespeare and selecting sections of interest that I could use to make each profile sound feasible, yet I had what I considered was the good sense to ham it up as much as possible: to play with either words, places or events, whether they were relevant to the theme, to Shakespeare, or not relevant to anything at all. My intentions were not to confuse the reader, though I took a particular delight in doing so whenever the opportunity arose, but to simply play with words for everyone’s enjoyment. I would sit at the laptop without a thought in mind, stare at a painting and start tapping the keys till something came to mind. Often confusing myself, I would pluck words out of thin air and try to string them together in a bid to make some form of semblance to anything that at least sounded, looked or felt Shakespearean in character. This cacophony of tripe was done for fun and without any thought of malice or offence to any person living or deceased, especially Shakespeare and his cronies, and should not be taken as such. Besides downloading free information about Shakespeare from numerous sites on the Internet, I particularly owe a debt of gratitude and apologies to Keith Parsons and Pamela Mason, authors of the book Shakespeare in Performance published to coincide with the opening of London’s newly constructed Globe Theatre on Bankside.