Tuesday 8 April 2014

LOOKING FORWARD TO SHAKESPEARE'S 450TH BIRTHDAY!


William Shakespeare is Britain's national poet, the world's most performed and translated playwright. He  was born about 450 years ago  -  on 23  April 1564 to be exact - the same year as Galileo. He died about 400 years ago -  on 23 April 1616  - the same day as Miguel de Cervantes whose  Don Quixote  is considered to be the first modern European novel. He added hundreds of words to the English language; coined expressions that anyone who speaks English probably  uses every day – made a virtue of necessity, dead as a doornail, fair play, neither here nor there - and wrote plays that still inspire audiences of every generation and in every language spoken on the planet.

Click here to find suggestions for teaching and learning William Shakespeare in honour of  his 450th birthday!



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