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• St. George's Day Kebab and The Bard's Birthday

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 16:31 in plots, poetry, Shakespeare, st.george's day

  April 23 is not only St.George's Day (complete with themed websites and merchandising), but also the date that Shakespeare's birthday in 1564 is celebrated.We don't actually know his exact birth date,...

• Lo! 'Tis the Shakespeare Quote Generator

  Posted on Monday November 19th, 2007 at 16:57 in fun and games, Shakespeare

  Test thy knowledge of the Bard with this widgette. Doff of cap to Anachronista for the tip.She's beautiful and therefore to be wooed;She is a nothing, therefore to be won.Which work of Shakespeare was...

• National Poetry Day selections

  Posted on Thursday October 4th, 2007 at 16:12 in alfred tennyson, ben johnson, john donne, Shakespeare

  It is England's (or is it Britain's?) National Poetry Day. Here are Cardinal Wolsey's selections:First, the moving verse written by Ben Johnson (pictured), on the death of his first daughter Mary in 1...

• Cardinal Wolsey in Shakespeare; The Globe burns down during "Henry VIII", June 1613.

  Posted on Thursday May 24th, 2007 at 15:33 in anne boleyn, cardinal wolsey, cardinal wolsey quotes, globe theatre, henry viii, Shakespeare, thomas cranmer, thomas cromwell

  Shakespeare's last English history play, performed in 1613, was initially titled "All is True". By the time of the publication of the 1623 folio, however ,it had aquired a longer-winded title The Fam...