1992 Event "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 29 performances 1992 Event "2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 29 performances 1924 Birthday Norman Ayrton, opera director, Royal Shakespearean Academy - UK 1915 Birthday Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar 1867 Death Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 1835 Death William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies 1825 Death Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies 1787 Birthday Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic 1750 Event 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York City
