An epileptic or sick person having a fit on a stretcher, two men try to restrain him. Ink drawing attributed to J.B. Jouvenet (1644-1717).
’Tis very like; he hath the falling sickness.
Julius Caesar (1.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Peter Capaldi as Dr. Who with the cast in a scene from Season 35, Episode 9, "Sleep No More"
The patient dies while the physician sleeps.
Lucrece #ShakespeareSunday
Picture of a medieval plague doctor in profile
By med’cine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too.
Cymbeline (5.5) #ShakespeareSunday
Mar 29, 1461: Yorkists led by Edward IV and the Earl of Warwick defeat a Lancastrian army at Towton, one of the largest and bloodiest battles fought on English soil. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Mar 27, 1625: King James I of England dies at the age of 58 at Theobald House. #OTD
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Olivia from Twelfth Night painted by Edmund Blair-Leighton, R.A.
Shakespeare's Heroines Illustrated
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Folger Shakespeare Library's "Shakespeare & Beyond" blog takes a retrospective look at the 19th century representation of the Bard's heroines in art.
Mar 26, 1616: Thomas Quiney, Judith Shakespeare's husband, is convicted in Bawdy Court of prior "carnal copulation" with another woman. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Mar 25, 1616: William #Shakespeare makes what will be the final revisions to his last will and testament. #OTD
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Mar 24, 1603: Queen Elizabeth I of England dies at the age of 69 in Richmond Palace. #OTD
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Report highlights major economic impact of Shakespeare North Playhouse
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Shakespeare North Playhouse is delivering millions of pounds of economic benefit, including jobs and business support, according to the findings of an independent evaluation.
View of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, unknown artist (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Mar 23, 1613: Judith Sadler, wife of Hamnet Sadler and godmother to Shakespeare's daughter Judith, is buried in Stratford-upon-Avon. #OTD
Robert Mueller (1944-2026)
Thou hast done a deed—
I care not for thy sword. I’ll make thee known.
Othello (5.2) #ShakespeareSunday #RIP
Patrick Stewart as Claudius in Hamlet (2009)
In the corrupted currents of this world,
Offense’s gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft ’tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law.
Hamlet (3.3) #ShakespeareSunday
Orson Welles as Falstaff in Chimes At Midnight
I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers.
How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester.
Henry IV, Part 2 (5.5) #ShakespeareSunday
Portrait of Henry IV of England
Mar 20, 1413: King Henry IV of England dies at the age of 45 at Westminster Palace in London. #OTD
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Hater Friday Header, Cornell Daily Sun
What Is Wrong With Contemporary Shakespeare?
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"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."
The twists and turns shine in ‘Twelfth Night’ at American $Shakespeare Center
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There are eccentric characters and comic moments to be enjoyed and hilarious bits of stage business.
The full cast of the Brady Bunch in a group shot on their homes staircase.
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
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Beatrice, engraving from John William Wright's Heroines of Shakespeare (1848)
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
Statue of Julius Caesar
Mar 15, 44 BC: Conspiring senators led by Cassius and Brutus assassinate Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate. #OTD
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A mid-19th century ink drawing of the statue of Hermione coming to life by Henry Stacy Marks. (Folger Shakespeare Library collection)
But we saw not
That which my daughter came to look upon,
The statue of her mother.
Winter's Tale (5.3) #ShakespeareSunday
Portrait of Richard Burbage
Mar 13, 1619: Actor and King's Men shareholder Richard Burbage dies in London at the age of 52. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, 2025. Photo: Agata Grzybowska, courtesy Focus
Who Was Shakespeare?
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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
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Picture of Patrick Stewart speaking to an audience.
Patrick Stewart Reads All 156 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets in New Audiobook | buff.ly/L1vIfin
Suffolk author Mai Black in period costume
Author to revive Shakespeare club after 300 years
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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.
‘Chuffed to the gills at all the pubs named after him’ … a William Shakespeare lookalike outside Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, UK. Source: The Guardian. Photograph: Simon Hadley/Alamy.
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Uncut sapphire crystals
The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal blend
With objects manifold.
Lover's Complaint #ShakespeareSunday
