Admit it: most of us don't understand Shakespeare
As the world celebrates Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Dominic Cavendish explains why seeing the plays in performance is not enough
Today is Sunday, November 1, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Toni Collette Gilles Chiasson Michael Gruber Beth Leavel Jeannie Berlin Jim Steinman Michael Zaslow Tom Bloom Robert Foxworth Beth Fowler Curt Dempster John Clark Ben Hayes Ashton Springer A.R. Gurney Hilary Knight Carmen Capalbo George S. Irving Richard Gale Michael Denison Louis Brandt Leo Kerz Edwin Philips Jane Froman Max Adrian George Cotton Ronald Gow Lewis Martin James Barton Ronald Bell