Happy Bard-day: how the US celebrates Shakespeare, 400 years after his death
Chicago has a yearlong festival, but there are lots of other celebrations across the US, including a tour of the First Folio of the Bard's plays that will visit every stateWhile the UK is fittingly having commemorations galore to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death on 23 April 1616, America is also offering a robust complement of events. And these quadricentennial events are taking place in loca…