Shakespeare400 is a season of cultural and artistic events across 2016, celebrating four hundred years of Shakespeare, his creative achievement and his profound influence on creative culture across the centuries. It is the collective endeavour working closely together to express the impact of Shakespearean creativity on the widest range of artistic forms.
The Shakespeare400 season includes theatre, music, opera, dance, exhibitions with an emphasis on creative curation, and a range of educational events to help new audiences engage with Shakespeare’s work. The season is designed to demonstrate the ongoing vibrancy of Shakespeare’s creative influence in national and global culture.
Unsurprisingly, reflecting the immense influence and inspiration that Shakespeare’s work has brought to all the various art-forms over the centuries, 2016’s commemorative activities will include many operas, ballets, orchestral and choral works, chamber music recitals and exhibitions, that draw upon his plays and poetry.
Link: http://www.shakespeare400.org
A Chronology of Shakespeare's Life
1564
William Shakespeare born in Stratford-upon-Avon, third child of John and Mary Shakespeare, on 23 April.
1571
Shakespeare eligible to attend King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford.
1576
John Shakespeare applies for a coat of arms but is denied.
1582
Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway sometime in November.
1583
Daughter Susanna born, baptised 26 May.
1585
Twins Hamnet and Judith are born, baptised 2 February
The beginning of the ‘lost years’.
1616
Burial of ‘William Shakespeare gent’ recorded in parish register, Stratford-upon-Avon
Daughter Judith marries Thomas Quiney
Baptism of Judith’s son, Shakespeare Quiney.
1623
Anne Shakespeare dies.
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