English Professor Robert Kachur, right, performs as Friar Laurence from Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare in the Square Tuesday, an annual celebration of William Shakespeare with readings, performances, and adaptations of his plays and poetry by McDaniel students and faculty. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in April 1564. The exact date of his birth is not recorded, but the birth is celebrated around the world on April 23. Shakespeare in the Square, is the celebration of William Shakespeare, with readings, performances, and adaptations of his plays and poetry by McDaniel students and faculty at Memorial Plaza.
Shakespeare in the Square Tuesday, an annual celebration of William Shakespeare with readings, performances, and adaptations of his plays and poetry by McDaniel students and faculty. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Brooke Krausman, freshman Business Administration major from Woodbine, Maryland and Julicia Morales, freshman from Kutztown, Pennsylvania, right, performed as Celia and Rosalind in a scene from “As You Like It.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Dante Martin, junior English major from Silver Spring, Maryland, reads “Sonnet 18.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)
Shakespeare in the Square Tuesday, an annual celebration of William Shakespeare with readings, performances, and adaptations of his plays and poetry by McDaniel students and faculty. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Ibby Morales Talero, junior English and Biology major from Arlington, Virginia, right, performed a monologue from “King Lear.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Brooke Windsor, senior English major from Woolford, Maryland, with Jeremy Volker, senior Sociology major from Halethorpe, Maryland, performed Hamlet’s iconic speech, holding the skull of “Yorick,” an unseen character in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)English Lecturer Alexander Champoux-Crowley with Jeremy Volker, senior Sociology major from Halethorpe, Maryland, performed the opening monologue from “The Revenger’s Tragedy.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Danielle Carter, senior Political Science and Theatre Arts major from Rockville, Maryland, left, May Riekenberg, senior Theatre Arts and English major from South Orange, New Jersey, center, and Associate Professor of English Paul Muhlhauser, right, introduce the game show “Who Said It; Shakespeare or Taylor Swift?” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Joseph Campbell, junior English major from Essex, Maryland, and Kat Marcus, freshman Elementary Education major from Hanover, Maryland, square off during the game show “Who Said It; Shakespeare or Taylor Swift?” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Robin Odom, senior English major from Mount Savage, Maryland, and Eli Ciabatoni, junior Theatre Arts and Writing & Publishing major from Woodbine, New Jersey, performed as Benedict and Beatrice in the opening scene of “Much Ado about Nothing.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Shakespeare in the Square Tuesday, an annual celebration of William Shakespeare with readings, performances, and adaptations of his plays and poetry by McDaniel students and faculty. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Tyra Pritchett, senior Psychology major from Hanover, Maryland, left, May Riekenberg, senior Theatre Arts and English major from South Orange, New Jersey, center, and Danielle Carter, senior Political Science and Theatre Arts major from Rockville, Maryland, right at tree, performed as Ursula, Beatrice, and Hero, in Act 3, scene 1, of “Much Ado About Nothing.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Audrey Dean, freshman English major from Frederick, Maryland, performed the prologue from “Romeo and Juliet”. Shakespeare in the Square Tuesday, an annual celebration of William Shakespeare with readings, performances, and adaptations of his plays and poetry by McDaniel students and faculty. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)English Professor Robert Kachur, right, performs as Friar Laurence from “Romeo and Juliet.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)English Professor Robert Kachur, right, performs as Friar Laurence from “Romeo and Juliet.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)English Professor Robert Kachur, right, performs as Friar Laurence from “Romeo and Juliet.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)Skylar Thomas, junior English major from Bel Air, Maryland, performed Romeo’s final monologue from “Romeo and Juliet.” (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)As he holds a slice of Shakespeare’s birthday cake, Master of Ceremonies, Associate Professor of English Paul Zajacrecites; recites “To Cake, or not to Cake …” an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “To be, or not to be, that is the question” quote taken from the first line of Hamlet’s soliloquy. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff photo)
