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Shakespeare 400

Writers and artists celebrate the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death

5 October 2016

  • Janie Dee and Simon Paisley Day in the joint BBSCO/Globe staging of Schmitt’s score to Gide’s version of Antony and Cleopatra.

    Antony and Cleopatra review - BBCSO bring Schmitt's incidental music back to life

    A fascinating stage collaboration with Shakespeare’s Globe revived the work of a tarnished French composer, whose dramatic score deserves comparison with Debussy and Ravel

24 May 2016

  • Russell T Davies

    Ex-Doctor Who showrunner asks David Tennant’s help for Shakespeare

    Russell T Davies says he wanted to harness nostalgia from BBC sci-fi reboot for his version of Midsummer Night’s Dream and asked former Time Lord for advice

23 April 2016

  • Members of the public wearing Shakespeare masks

    Shakespeare celebrations around the UK - in pictures

  • Composite: William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes

    William Shakespeare or Miguel de Cervantes: who said what? – quiz

  • The US president, Barack Obama, is given a tour of the Globe Theatre in London by Patrick Spottiswoode, director of education for the venue, to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death

    Eyewitness: Globe Theatre, London

  • Barack Obama takes part in a town hall-style meeting at Lindley Hall, central London.

    Barack Obama's visit to the UK, day two - in pictures

  • The Science of Shakespeare - Science Weekly podcast

  • Shakespeare: the playwright who brings the world closer

  • Modern Toss on Shakespeare 400

  • The Saturday poems: Two sonnets for Shakespeare 400

  • If Shakespeare was writing today, he'd be a crime writer

    Peter James

  • Saturday's best TV: Shakespeare Live From The RSC; Hinterland; Britain's Got Talent

22 April 2016

  • The Abbots Bromley horn dance. The dance comprising of six Deer-men, a Fool, Hobby Horse, Bowman and Maid Marian start in the early morning at the village church. A melodian player accompanies the dancers as they parade around the parish holding Reindeer antlers above their heads. The traditional Wakes Monday dance is believed to be the oldest folk dance in Britain and some of the antlers have been carbon dated to be over 1000 years old.

    Unmasking the past in Shakespeare’s plays

  • The Complete Walk was filmed in locations including Egypt, Italy, Scotland and Greece.

    The world’s a stage: short films mark anniversary of Shakespeare's death

  • Bournemouth beach turned into an interactive digital library

    How do I ... celebrate Shakespeare's anniversary?

  • Michael Billington

    Still got it – why Shakespeare lives on from Warsaw to Vegas

    Michael Billington

  • What’s in a number? William Shakespeare’s legacy analysed

  • Popeye, Klingons and John Lennon: the weirdest Shakespeare productions ever

  • Paul Kelly on William Shakespeare: 'He's my favourite writer by a long streak'

  • Shakespeare’s greatest achievement is that he lives inside all our heads

    Martin Kettle
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