Is Shakespeare connected to the Gunpowder plot?

Yes, Shakespeare is connected to the Gunpower Plot. One of the conspirators in the plot, Thomas Wintour, was a Catholic landlord and a distant cousin of Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway. Wintour was one of the key figures in the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I, and he was eventually arrested and executed for his role in the conspiracy. Shakespeare's connection to Wintour, however, is a distant one, and there is no evidence to suggest that Shakespeare himself was involved in the plot.