Shakespeare birthday

• To celebrate Shakespeares birthday, were featuring some of our favorite archival pieces about his life and work. This one was first published in January 2012.
(Huffington Post)
• Theres no escaping Shakespeare in this Olympic Games year, however fast you run.
(Whatsonstage.com)
• A double celebration of the life and work of William Shakespeare has got underway in Stratford on Avon as a parade through his home town on Saturday marked the Bard's forthcoming 448th birthday.
(Daily News and Analysis)
• The festival, held this year to commemorate Shakespeare's birthday, will take place tonight. Burton Library will be hosting a special book quiz for teams of bookworms who fancy a fun night of literary brain teasing. The event will start at 7pm.
(Burton Mail)
• The Maori version of Troilus and Cressida begins the six-week Globe to Globe season on Monday, which is also Shakespeares birthday.
(BBC News)
• A Hemet theater troupe will commemorate William Shakespeare's birthday with a sampling of his most celebrated work in "The Best of Will: A Tasting of Shakespeare's Most Enjoyable.
(Riverside Press Enterprise)
• In April it is William Shakespeare's birthday and Office Boutique, a gift stationery retailer (www.officeboutique.co.uk) is celebrating this with a 15% sale from their great writer's stationery lines.
(PR-USA.net)
• April 23 marks the 448th birthday of William Shakespeare, who is not only historys most prolific playwright, but also a Guinness World Record holder for the most filmed author in any language.
(TheaterMania.com)
• On Saturday, a parade through his home town marked the Bards forthcoming 448th birthday. It also saw the launch of the World Shakespeare Festival (WSF).
(Big Pond)
• A new home for thousands of books and historical documents will open on Shakespeare's birthday today. The multi-million pounds building in James Whatman Way, Maidstone, will contain more than eight miles of documents and some 40,000 books.
(Kent Online)