No work has appeared oftener in illustrated form than JANUARY 9. Give me your hand; much joy and favor to you! -Henry VIII. Heaven give you many, many merry days! -Merry Wives of Windsor. The Comedy of Errors is the shortest of the plays, having only 1,770 lines. JANUARY 10. Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven, Enwheel thee round! -Othello. Hamlet is the longest of the plays; 3,900 lines. JANUARY II. The heavens give safety to your purposes! -Measure for Measure. More has been written about Hamlet than about any historical character. JANUARY 12. The best wishes that can be forged in your thoughts be servants to you! -All's Well That Ends Well. Safe may'st thou wander, safe return again. -Cymbeline. Next to Hamlet, Falstaff has called forth the largest amount of criticism. JANUARY 13. The best of happiness, Honour and fortunes, keep with you! -Timon of Athens. Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship! -Twelfth Night. Shakespeare was 37 or 38 years old when he wrote JANUARY 14. Love make your fortunes twenty times above Her that so wishes, and her humble love. 1754. -All's Well That Ends Well. First appearance of King Lear on the American JANUARY 15. Many years of happy days! -Richard II. -Julius Caesar. I wish your enterprise to-day may thrive. 1622. Moliere born. Spenser and Raleigh both were born in 1552. "The JANUARY 17. The elements be kind to thee, and make Thy spirits all of comfort! -Antony & Cleopatra. There have been 36 dramatic versions of the story of Heaven bless thee! JANUARY 18. Thou hast the sweetest face I ever looked on. -Henry VIII. 1887. First appearance of The Taming of the Shrew in America. JANUARY 19. For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise, And make it halt behind her. 1807. Robert E. Lee born. -Tempest. And when a soldier was the theme, my name was not far off. -Cymbeline. JANUARY 20. Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful. -Midsummer Night's Dream. I will praise any man that will praise me. -Antony & Cleopatra. 1779. Death of David Garrick which Samuel Johnson characterized as "that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations.” More theatres and actor's clubs have been named for David Garrick than for all other actors of the English stage. He is buried at the foot of Shakespeare's monument in Westminster Abbey. JANUARY 21. The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. -Measure for Measure. In mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on. Hamlet speaks more lines than any other character in the JANUARY 22. "Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white 1561. Francis Bacon born. -Twelfth Night. First German critic to call attention to the superiority of Shakespeare, and his ideas inspired the enthusiasm of his successors in Germany. 1788. Lord Byron born. Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, JANUARY 23. -Othello. Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee -Sonnets. The Merchant of Venice is the best known of Shakespeare's Comedies. JANUARY 24. Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice Hath sealed thee for herself. -Hamlet. The Tempest is the only one of the Plays which strictly observes the dramatic unities. JANUARY 25. When you depart from me, Sorrow abides and happiness takes his leave. -Much Ado About Nothing. 1759. Robert Burns born. His faults lie gently on him! -Henry VIII. |