Tag Archives: Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations

Happy 458th Birthday William Shakespeare

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Sylvia Morris

A little late, I’m posting some photographs from the Parade on 23 April 2022, at Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon. There was a particularly celebratory feel to this event as people came together for the first time since 2019. It’s … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Birthday in lockdown, 2020

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Sylvia Morris

The nearest Saturday to Shakespeare’s Birthday has for several decades been the day on which the town of Stratford-upon-Avon holds its biggest celebrations of the year. Birthday Celebrations have been held in some for or another for around two hundred … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday, 2020

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Sylvia Morris

So how are you going to be celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday in 2020? With everybody in lockdown and all actual events cancelled, it’s tempting to forget the whole thing. But here in Stratford-upon-Avon people are determined to mark the day virtually. … Continue reading →

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Births, baptisms and burials

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Sylvia Morris

I wrote in 2014 about the documentary records of Shakespeare’s baptism at Holy Trinity Church on 26 April 1564. There’s a lot of confusion about the actual date of Shakespeare’s birth, but at the time it was the date of … Continue reading →

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The Winter’s Tale live streaming: a play for our times

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

The Winter’s Tale, with its theme of the pain of loss followed by the joy of resurrection, is a play that is particularly appropriate around Easter and Shakespeare’s Birthday, while the portrayal of mental illness makes it very much a … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Birthday: the Garrick Ode and Edward’s Boys

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

I’m writing this on the eve of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and 452nd anniversary of his birth, having just begun the weekend of celebrations in the best possible way with a wonderful concert in the church in which … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare at Holy Trinity Church 2016

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

Now we’re into April and events relating to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death are beginning in earnest. Holy Trinity Church is always a focus during the Birthday Celebrations, since Shakespeare’s grave is the final destination for everyone who joins … Continue reading →

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A new Shakespeare portrait

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

We’re all familiar with Shakespeare’s face, although it’s often said that we don’t really know what he looked like. Every now and then someone will proclaim another painting to be an original portrait of Shakespeare, newly identified. A new painting, … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Shakespeare’s 451st birthday on both sides of the Atlantic

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

April is a special month for Shakespeare-lovers, as we celebrate both the birth and death of William Shakespeare in 1564 and 1616. The birthday is traditionally celebrated on the 23rd, three days before his baptism at Holy Trinity Church was … Continue reading →

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Early American visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

Americans have visited Stratford on the Shakespeare trail since the very earliest days. Many thousands visited in the years between the Garrick Jubilee that began the popularisation of Stratford and the purchase of Shakespeare’s Birthplace in 1847. Between 7 and … Continue reading →

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