450 Years of William Shakespeare

Don't you ever get tired of Hamlet?
As Oscar Wilde said, "There are as many Hamlets as there are melancholies."
And the play takes on a different colouring depending on time and place.

APRIL, 30 2014

*Unforgettably tormented … Michael Redgrave with Googie Withers in a 1958*

*Laurence Olivier - Best Actor in a Leading Role...Hamlet*

*Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. The Taming of the Shrew. One of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies, the play depicts the slightly uncomfortable courtship of Katerina and Petruchio.*

*Innokenty Smoktunovsky was nominated for Best Foreign Actor 1966 BAFTA Film Award*

Shakespeare famously left his ‘second best bed’ to his wife Anne Hathaway in his last will and testament. More generously, he also left £150 to each of his daughters, amounting to over £380,000 today.

*This miniature copy of Macbeth was bought by Indian schoolteacher Ratilal Mancharam Mandali in 1975. The dimensions of the 315 book measure 5cm by 3cm by 1cm.*

*The Minack Theatre, Cornwall. One of amazing places to watch Shakespeare’s plays*

*Shakespeare Monument, Stratford-upon-Avon*

*Holy Trinity Church, Stratford Upon Avon. Shakespeare was baptised and eventually buried here alongside his wife Anne.*

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450 Years of William Shakespeare