Shakespeare

Shakespeare, popularly referred to as The Bard, was a playwright and poet.

Background
Radio play actor Rex Goodman was imprisoned by super mutants in 2287 when he attempted to civilize them by reading from Shakespeare's works and mentions the author by name. A Macbeth script can also be acquired in-game as a paper note. The Hubris Comics terminal entries in Fallout 4 directly reference Shakespeare himself, with Aaron Babowski stating "We're not writing Shakespeare here. It's TV, right?"

Appearances
Shakespeare is mentioned by name in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes

 * Several characters in the Fallout series share their names with other characters from Shakespeare's works, including Desdemona (Othello), as well as R. Rosen and Gilden (Hamlet; references to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern).
 * One of Dane's ramblings, demanding that he be brought a horse, is actually a reference to Shakespeare's Richard III; specifically, the famous line "My kingdom for a horse!"
 * Arcade Gannon paraphrases a line from The Merchant of Venice. The line "Caesar can cite Cato to suit his purposes" is a paraphrase of the quote "The devil can cite scripture for his purpose" from Act 1, Scene 3 of The Merchant of Venice.
 * The name of the Old World Blues quest What's in a Name? is a reference to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
 * Doctor Mobius quotes the line "Et tu, Brute?" from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in one of his broadcasts to the Crater.
 * Nick Valentine quotes Shakespeare several times:
 * Nick says "Welcome to the Brave New World... with such people in it", a reference to the quote "O' Brave New World, with such people in it" from Act 5, Scene 1 of The Tempest.
 * He also invokes Hamlet by saying "Clothes make the man", a reference to the quote "The apparel oft proclaims the man" from Act 1, Scene 3 of Hamlet.
 * Another Hamlet quote appears if the Sole Survivor kills Skinny Malone during Unlikely Valentine, when Nick says "Good night, sweet prince. Here's to all the old days", a reference to the final scene of the play.
 * In October 2077, the drama department of Watoga High School was planning to hold auditions for a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, coordinated by Mr. Miller.
 * The item description for the republic robes in Fallout Shelter references the quote "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears," from Act 3, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
 * The Bloomfield Space Center design document for Van Buren describes Kyle "The Hook" as having "the eloquence of a junior-high drama student pretending to know and quote the great works of Shakespeare."
 * Romero and Julianna, characters cut from Fallout, would have been involved in a quest that heavily referenced Romeo and Juliet.