400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death

This year Britain and theatre lovers around the world are celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The institution that is most strongly connected with the Bard is the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Watch the video below to find out how they are going to celebrate the anniversary and how they want to involve the public in their projects.

The second video shows some kids who became involved in the RSC's educational project. Listen to them to see how excited they are about what they did there, and how Shakespeare's work is still very much alive in British culture.

The third clip, which I have just added, is a BBC Radio 4 voice recording of what Shakespearean English really sounded like. Interestingly, the actor is Ben Crystal, our favourite linguist's son. Then David Crystal discusses the differences between present day English and 16th and 17th century English. I'm sure it's worth your 5 minutes' attention :)