Happy 443rd Birthday to William Shakespeare an ordinary man that changed the world with words.

Shakespeare invented over 1700 words that are still part of our everyday language. He gave us: accommodation, addiction, alligator, amazement, assassination, apostrophe, bandit, bedroom, birthplace, bloodstained, bump, cold-blooded, critic, dawn, educate, eyeball, fairyland, fashionable, fortune-teller, generous, hint, laughable, madcap, mountaineer, obscene, perplex, premeditated, priceless, sanctimonious, tranquil, unearthly, unreal, wonderful, upstairs, watchdog, zany…..

Please sign our campaign to make the 23rd April Shakespeare Day.

Ben Jonson (1573-1637) called him “Sweet Swan of Avon!” and said “He was not of an age, but for all time!”

Week two of Comedy in the Park will feature Mandy Knight, Junior Simpson, Andrew Bird, and the sensational Madame Galina. Full details. Tickets will go on sale shortly. See 14th March post (below) for week one comedians.

A call has gone out for a Great British Shakespeare Event to take place as part of the 2012 games celebration.

See Guardian article and if you Google it, there are many other articles.

This is a fascinating site. I found a great deal I was unaware of including a black American troupe performing Shakespeare in 1821. SITE

We have just finished our first week of filming at Jesus College, Oxford. It was a wonderful experience with a fantastic group of people. We are working with a brilliant team from Norway including Miramar films, AS Videomaker and internationally acclaimed director Jorgen Friberg. All casting, costumes, locations and direction of actors by Robert J. Williamson and the British Shakespeare Company. We are looking forward to seeing our Shakespeare work on the big screen. Above left to right: David Davies, Richard Morrison, Robert Crumpton, Julia Addison, Robert J. Williamson and Matt Hebden. Below Jack Lass and Kevin Brannigan, both playing Francis Bacon - age 6 and 50. MORE PHOTOS