UK celebrates Shakespeare's birthday

2,827 views · Published 25 April 2014 · 1:36 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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Celebrations are taking place across the UK to mark the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth.  Considered by many to be one of the world's greatest writers, his plays and sonnets have endured the test of time and are being commemorated globally.  Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports from Stratford-upon-Avon.

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