Chicago Plans Day to 'Talk Like Shakespeare'

Posted Apr 20, 2009 7:59 PM CDT
Chicago Plans Day to 'Talk Like Shakespeare'
Professor Stanley Wells, left, chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace trust, poses next to a newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, in London, Monday March 9, 2009.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow"—exactly 3 days from now—Chicago will celebrate the Bard's 445th birthday with "Talk Like Shakespeare Day," the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Mayor Richard Daley unveiled the plan, saying Chicagoans can "bring the spoken words of Shakespeare into their daily lives." For help translating lines into Bardish or finding Shakespeare's "Twitter feed," turn to TalkLikeShakespeare.org.
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