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1999 71st Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, Shakespeare in Love wins Best Picture, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow win lead acting awards
1994 "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf 1993 "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances 1992 Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83 1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 54 performances 1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances 1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens 1977 Shannon Shakespeare, Mission BC, 100m swimmer 1996 Olympics 1953 Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist, Sly and Robbie-DJ Riot 1946 Felicity Kendal, Indies/British actress, Shakespeare Wallah 1933 Madhur Jaffrey, cookbook writer/actress, Shakespeare Wallah 1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon 1930 Peter Hall, born in Suffolk, England, director, Royal Shakespeare Company 1930 Henry Clay Folger, Jr., CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72 1930 Stanley Wells, director, Shakespeare Institute University of Birmingham 1926 Cicely Berry, voice director, Royal Shakespeare Company 1925 Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies 1857 Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan 1847 United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon 1842 Louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor, Shakespeare 1775 Alexander Anderson, U.S., engraver/illustrator, Shakespeare 1754 Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare 1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies 1619 Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies 1616 William Shakespeare, English Dramatist 1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 1611 Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" 1st presented 1604 William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" 1st presented 1582 Playwright and poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway 1564 William Shakespeare baptized 1564 William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright, Hamlet 1302 Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare |
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