User blog:ARTaylor/400 Years Without The Bard

Today marks the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, who died on this day in 1616 at the age of fifty-two. The famed English poet is considered the greatest writer in English language history and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His works have been adapted numerous times and referenced many more.


 * Beast quoted the Bard of Avon's works The Merchant of Venice in "Enter Magneto" and Romeo and Juliet in "Death Do Us Part, Part One".
 * Doctor Octopus quoted Romeo and Juliet in "Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous".
 * Mary Jane Watson participated in a Shakespeare Festival in "Day of the Chameleon".
 * In "Flash Memory", Mary Jane Watson was impressed by Flash Thompson's interpretation of Shakespeare when he had increased intelligence.
 * In "Opening Night", the students perform A Midsummer Night's Dream.