Honor Shakespeare: World Observes 400th Birthday
Honor Shakespeare: World Observes 400th Birthday
Quadric-centennial Of Shakespeare. No need for full-blooded ballyhoo when it comes to Shakespeare... it is a name that speaks for itself. All around the world the 400th Birthday Anniversary of William Shakespeare is being honored. The actual date: April 26. But the celebrations will continue for months. Dignitaries from 115 nations gather in Stratford-On-Avon to pay homage to the Bard....whether he is known as William, Billy or Will, Shakespeare remains one of the greatest names in literature. Stratford-upon-Avon, England The birthplace of William Shakespeare, throngs of people in the town to help celebrate his 400th Birthday. MS - Dignitaries from 150 nations came to the playwrights birthplace to do him honor. MCUS - The present Earl of Avon, Sir Anthony Eden. MS - Nation's flags from all over the globe come to honor the bard of Avon. MS - A real sharp cottage that once belonged to Ann Hathaway who became Shakespeare's bride when he was 18. The house is an English Tudor with a thatched roof (made of straw and mud) MS - Prince Philip, the Queens representative, walking up some stairs and down a walk way leading into the new Shakespeare center. CUS - Prince Philip looking at stained glass windows depicting scenes from Shakespeare's plays. A paraphrase of William Shakespeare's "Your monument shall be your gentle verse, you shall live such mighty virtues as your pen".