450 Years of Shakespeare

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Today marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.

His plays have been celebrated on the stage,

in the cinema,

in audio,

on television,

online,

as Manga,
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comics,
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and now also as parody,
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GHOST: hamlet you must avenge my death
HAMLET: i dont have to do anything
youre not even my real dad
GHOST: yes i am
HAMLET: whatever

He also invented over 1700 words now commonly used in everyday life as well as many popular expressions,
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has been immortalised by Lego,
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linked to Star Wars,

as well as Hip Hop.

He was (and is) one of the greatest English playwrights possibly of all time.

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