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Shakespeare celebrations trump festivities for St George by Maev Kennedy

Bard's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, puts playwright's anniversary centre-stage on patron saint's dayMost adults have only the haziest idea of who St George was or when his feast day falls, but one English town is preparing to celebrate 23 April with gusto; not for the sake of the country's patron saint, but for the glover's son born in Stratford-upon-Avon 450 years ago on about that date the founder of the town'…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:45pm on April 22, 2014

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