Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Caliban from The Tempest by William Shakespeare


Caliban by John Hamilton Mortimer



Today is the day we celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday. We don't know for certain that he was born this day in 1564, but we have his baptismal record dated April 26 and usually in those days in England babies were baptized three days after birth. Shakespeare also died on April 23rd in 1616, just barely having completed 52 years.