Google chose to pay tribute to the legendary author by its doodle, which has William Shakespeare in the middle and eight of his famous play’s glimpses surrounding him.
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As he looked around the church which has been a place of worship for 1,200 years, the Prince remarked: “It is such a special place”.
The Shakespeare Live performance features Tennant, who earned critical acclaim in the RSC’s Richard II and played Hamlet in 2009, together with Dame Judi Dench, Al Murray, Tim Minchin and Joseph Fiennes.
People across the world are celebrating the playwright and his work, which has become one of Britain’s most famous exports of all time.
Here they are in action, with some of the Bard’s best quotes on the subject of birth and death.
Marking the 400th death anniversary of William Shakespeare tomorrow, a six-month online festival on the Bard of Avon will be presented by performers from United Kingdom and will be available all over the globe including India.
The theatrical parade saw a funeral bier of flowers pulled through the picture-postcard streets, while performers marched along wearing pantaloons, ruffs and codpieces.
Another new tour option starting on April 23 will be the new, self-guided tour, Shakespeare Steps, where visitors can walk in Shakespeare’s footprints around eight locations in the historic town, following footsteps and speech bubbles painted onto the pavements.
The mood struck a more celebratory note with the appearance of the 12-piece Wendell Brunious Band from Louisiana who shuffled and shimmied along the parade route with a New Orleans-flavoured flavoured jazz procession.
The celebrations also featured a fireworks display and a line of light, leading to Holy Trinity, as well as a graveside vigil.
Many scholars are also using the anniversary for fresh contemplation on Shakespeare’s life.
Married to Anne Hathaway in 1582, this great dramatist took his last breath on April 23, 1616.
Some people don’t believe that William Shakespeare, a small-town boy who never went to university, wrote the plays and poems that bear his name.
U.S. President Barack Obama attended a performance of scenes from Shakespeare’s works, including the famous “To be or not to be?” from Hamlet, at the Globe Theatre, a reconstruction of a 16th-century part-open-air theater.
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“I don’t think we’ve scratched the surface of how much Shakespeare can do in the world”, he added.
