“Chandos Shakespeare” Oil painting attributed to John Taylor, c. 1610. Courtesy of the National Portrait GalleryIt was on this date in 1616, 392 years ago, that the bard left this earth.
His reach remains unprecedented, his plays are still being performed in every corner of the globe and he is still taught and read in schools and universities all over the world. His work continues to attract filmakers from all over the world with over 700 film adaptations of his work to date.
As his contemporary Ben Johnson said of him; Shakespeare “was not of an age, but for all time”
Encyclopedia Britannica’s comprehensive coverage of Shakespeare.
Shakespeare at Wikipedia