'To be, or not to be...'
William Shakespeare was (possibly) born today in 1564, and died today in 1616.
To celebrate, here's Richard Burton's goosebump-inducing performance of Hamlet's soliloquy on Broadway in 1964.
Happy birthday, bard!
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William Shakespeare is believed to have been born here #OnThisDay in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
By the 1840s, it was split into a pub, a butcher’s and a tenement and had severely decayed.
Using an early drawing from 1769, it was extensively restored by the Birthplace Trust.