By Susan Stamburg for NPR, 4 January 2016 One of the world’s most precious volumes starts a tour on Monday, in Norman, Okla.The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is sending out William Shakespeare’s First Folio to all 50 states to mark the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death. Published seven years after he died, the First Folio is the first printed collection […]
By BBC staff for BBC News, 1 January 2016 Images representing Shakespeare plays and Beatrix Potter tales will be among those featuring on coins in 2016, the Royal Mint has said. The coins are meant to give a snapshot of Britain over the past 1,000 years. The histories, comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare will be depicted on £2 coins, 400 […]
400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death celebrations to start with street party By Sophie Heaviside for the Stratford Observer, 31 December 2015 PEOPLE in Stratford are being invited to party with Shakespeare to kick off the 400th anniversary of his death. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust will host a street party in Henley Street on Saturday (January 2) to celebrate what is set […]
By Richard Garner for the Independent, 29 December 2015 Shakespeare isn’t best known for his links to Wales, despite basing one of his plays there, creating several Welsh characters and even bearing Celtic blood himself, thanks to his maternal grandmother. The Bard may now find renewed popularity in the principality, however, as one of his most loved scripts is to be […]
By Tim Masters for BBC News, 27 December 2015 A look at some of the highlights of what theatres around the UK have to offer in 2016. Two names are set to dominate the theatre landscape over the coming months: William Shakespeare and Harry Potter. A wealth of productions marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death will be taking […]
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