ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -News World Marks 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Passing Watch top Bard performances of recent years. On April 23 was an auspicious date for playwright William Shakespeare. He is believed to have been born on that date in 1564, and is also believed to have died on that date in 1616, exactly 400 years ago today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary: ‘man of Stratford’ to be celebrated in 2016. The world shares him and London claims him, but Stratford-on-Avon intends to spend 2016 celebrating William Shakespeare as their man: the bard of Avon, born in the Warwickshire market town in 1564, and who died there 400 years ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -Composed Upon the 400th Anniversary of His Death: April 23, 2016. Shall I compare his language to a grave? It is more lively and more flowery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare died on his birthday, April 23, in 1616 at the age of fifty-two. His only son, Hamnet, had died at the age of eleven, and his wife died seven years after her son’s death.

Detailed explanation-5: -William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April (see When was Shakespeare born), which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616.