Happy Birthday William Shakespeare.

[JonnyBoy12]

I would just like to wish Mr. Shakespeare a very happy 447th birthday. Clearly this is a joke, and he were alive today then he would be best known for his old age.

Did he get to open his presents, as he died on his birthday?

What would any of you ABers give him for his birthday if you were to give him presents?

[jno]

a word processor. He had to write it all with a feather, you know.

[MarkRae]

I would firstly ask him when his birthday was...

[mike11111]

"To give, or not to give, that is the question...!

[Mick-Talbot]

a million monkeys, and a million keyboards.

[marval]

A copy of Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet, and say "What do you think of this Will?"

[boxtops]

I'd ask him if he knew a certain F Bacon.

[Buenchico]

Tickets to see 'The Boys from Syracuse', 'Kiss Me Kate', 'West Side Story' and 'Return From the Forbidden Planet' ;-)

[boxtops]

Fab idea, Chris !

[Buenchico]

Thanks for your support, Boxtops.

I've just spotted that I put 'From' instead of 'To' in my post but that's unsurprising as I rarely know whether I'm coming or going anyway ;-)

[boxtops]

Well, I never noticed, see what I know.... if he accepts, can I come? Pretty please?

[askyourgran]

I believe he left his second best bed to Ann Hathaway, presumably he was busy dying in his best bed. So I will buy him a duvet. and a pair of those rockhard memory foam pillows.

[Buenchico]

I'd love to invite you to see 'Return to the Forbidden Planet', Boxtops. It's one of my favourite musicals. That might be because I've got fond memories of taking my friend's 10-year-old son to see it. He was going through a phase of loving all the old 1960s hits but he'd never seen any live theatre (except, perhaps, pantomime). I booked seats in the front row of the audience and I can still see the look on his face at the end of the performance. (There was no need to ask whether he'd enjoyed the show. He was clearly as happy as he'd ever been in his life!).

[mike11111]

Totally off-message, many years ago there used to be an underground toilet in Newcastle, a discreet gay haunt, known as "Anne Hathaway's cottage" because it was located in Shakespeare Street.

[craft1948]

I loved Return To The Forbidden Planet................I've seen it 7 times.

[boxtops]

Again off-message, but I remember taking my younger brother to see a live performance of Hair in the 70s.. It was a great experience.

(and thank you, Chris!!)

[weecalf]

A Welsh international footballers jersey .Cause he said he knew him well even though he was not born for about 380 years after him

[askyourgran]

lol mike, a different take on cottaging.

[Buenchico]

Boxtops:
Hair? Very risqué!!
(Although I took that same 10-year-old to see the Rocky Horror Show and I was glad that he didn't ask too many questions about certain things which were portrayed in it!)

Craft:
I'm amazed at how many people never even seem to have heard of 'Forbidden Planet', yet alone seen it!