On the Bard's 450th birthday, find out how Shakespeare became Shakespeare. A new play based on the film Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall, has its world premiere in the West End in July 2014. In the first of three videos about the production, author James Shapiro and director Declan Donnellan explore how 'we are still wrestling with the questions posed by his plays' Beat the Bard! Shakespeare's characters figh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AM on April 23, 2014