Theater Director: William Shakespeare was probably gay, and we might as well just admit it.

From the file of "Okay, I guess so if you say so":

While William Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway (no, not that one), some historians have believed that his plays often focused on a societal outsider more than anything else. Likewise, out of the bard's 154 sonnets, 126 are addressed specifically to men.

Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic director Greg Doran told BBC Radio 4 that he believes this all adds up to Shakespeare probably being gay, but living in a time when such a lifestyle wasn't allowed. Being gay--an outsider--is why he was capable of writing about characters that were on the fringes of society, says Doran.

"It allows him to get inside the soul of a black general, a Venetian Jew, an Egyptian queen or whatever and that perhaps that outsider perspective has something to do with his sexuality," Doran tells the BBC.

Doran points out that in Merchant of Venice the character of Antonio seems quite infatuated with Bassanio. "[I]t’s clearly a very particular portrait of a gay man and I think in the 21st century it’s no longer acceptable to play that as anything other than a homosexual," says Doran.

So was Shakespeare gay? Was Antonio? Does this really change anything? Why do I look so good in denim? These are all questions that might never be answered.