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Mar 20, 1413: King Henry IV of England dies at the age of 45 at Westminster Palace in London. #OTD buff.ly/mN22ePU

What Is Wrong With Contemporary Shakespeare? buff.ly/WQCz4lt "The biggest problem facing contemporary #Shakespeare is the indifference to the playwright’s original language and intentions, depriving the text of its precision and effectiveness."

'To Ireland I': Druid, Macbeth and Ireland's Shakespeares | buff.ly/5EUPYrd

The twists and turns shine in ‘Twelfth Night’ at American #Shakespeare Center buff.ly/KwCOnvC There are eccentric characters and comic moments to be enjoyed and hilarious bits of stage business.

Thou art a widow, and thou hast some children, And, by God's mother, I, being but a bachelor, Have other some. Henry VI, Part III (3.2) #ShakespeareSunday

Mar 15, 1595: a Revels account notes the payment of £20 "To William Kemp, William #Shakespeare, and Richard Burbage...for two several Comedies or Interludes shown by them before her Majesty in Christmas time past." #OTD bit.ly/37Mp7Rc

No, sure, my lord, my mother cried, but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. Much Ado About Nothing (2.1) #ShakespeareSunday

Mar 15, 44 BC: Conspiring senators led by Cassius and Brutus assassinate Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate. #OTD buff.ly/doyMTnA

But we saw not That which my daughter came to look upon, The statue of her mother. Winter's Tale (5.3) #ShakespeareSunday

Mar 13, 1619: Actor and King's Men shareholder Richard Burbage dies in London at the age of 52. #OTD #Shakespeare buff.ly/1o5Xeb2

Who Was Shakespeare? buff.ly/OpPinOE What Hamnet does—and doesn’t—get right.

Mar 12 1594: Henry IV Part 2 is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare bit.ly/3hmiYhK

Patrick Stewart Reads All 156 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets in New Audiobook | buff.ly/L1vIfin

Author to revive Shakespeare club after 300 years buff.ly/F4U3NQs Suffolk author Mai Black is reviving the #Shakespeare Ladies Club to offer a place for women to come together, read the playwright's works and celebrate the original women.

Readers reply: What if #Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London? | buff.ly/AZgajqh

The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal blend With objects manifold. Lover's Complaint #ShakespeareSunday

These blue-vein'd violets whereon we lean Never can blab, nor know not what we mean. Venus and Adonis #ShakespeareSunday

To see the enclosed lights, now canopied Under these windows, white and azure laced With blue of heaven's own tinct. Cymbeline (2.2) #ShakespeareSunday

Mar 6, 1616: English playwright Francis Beaumont dies in London. #OTD buff.ly/a7tz77L

3.5.26 William Shakespeare: A Critical Study buff.ly/9VcRdal Throwback Thursday presents this 1905 work by renowned Danish critic Georg Brandes. It's a dense volume of historical background in relation to the plays and poetry. He also appears to have loathed King James.