“He was not of an age but for all time.”
(Ben Jonson, 1616)
This weekend the world celebrates the birthday of William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564 – April 23, 1616), highly distinguished as the greatest playwright and poet known to the English language and the world.
Shakespeare was born in the town of Stratford, through which flows the River Avon in Warwickshire, England. Stratford is now a thriving urban centre, with an atmosphere ranging from elegant, regal and unhurried swans gliding on the river to the cluster of theatres on the central strip nearby, and a bustling invasion of thousands of tourists.