Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare

Subject: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: Leadfingers
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 05:02 AM

The Bard of Avon surely deserves a greeting ?

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 07:33 AM

Hear hear!

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And summers lease hath all too short a date.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: kendall
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 06:32 AM

Beware the man who has no music in himself, nor is not moved by sweet concord of sounds is fit for treason, strategems and spoils. The motions of his spirit are as dull as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.

One of my favorite "Billy" quotes.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: GUEST,Silas
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 06:37 AM

Err...he also died on April 23rd..

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: GUEST,Doc John
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 07:15 AM

...but he wasn't necessarily born on 23rd April; this is an assumption from the baptisty records.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: Amos
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 10:31 AM

That time of year thou may'st in me behold....

What a mensch he was, indeed. A

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: Ron Davies
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 10:40 AM

Lots of questions about him. This could be a long thread.

But even if he was just an actor and entrepreneur--Happy Birthday.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
From: alanabit
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 11:57 AM

Just very glad that we have all those marvellous texts to enjoy. There are very few hard facts to go on to reconstruct his life, so this day is as good as any to celebrate his birth and death. We have nothing better yet!