O Ano de Shakespeare

"When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee,—and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth
brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings."

Shakespeare's Sonnets XXIX.

Londres cidade olímpica em 2012, celebra o ano William Shakespeare, com uma grande exposição no Museu Britânico, 400 anos através das peças do mais famoso escritor inglês. No The Globe, será realizada uma autêntica olimpíada com 37 companhias internacionais, tantas quantas as peças que o maior e mais influente dramaturgo do mundo escreveu.