400 years after the Bard's death, here are dozen Shakespearean rules for living

SHAKESPEARE April 23, 2016 -- Commemorations worldwide are taking place this year to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent playwright. From around 1590 to 1613 he produced some 37 plays, which continue to be performed around the globe to this day. He is believed to have been born on April 23, 1564, and died on his 52nd birthday. Graphic shows brief timeline of Shakespeare’s life and playwriting career.

Date - April 23, 1616. Place – Stratford-On-Avon, Person - William Shakespeare.

Exactly 400 years ago on this date, three days short of his fifty-second birthday at the Stratford-On-Avon, aptly-named for a poet, playwright and the greatest word bard of all time, William Shakespeare passed on.