Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare! Songs, Sonnets and Scenes

Songs read by Agatha Morrell
1 "A Lover and His Lass" from As You Like It
2 "O Mistress Mine" from Twelfth Night

Sonnets 98, 116, and 29 read by Simon Morrell

Scenes performed by Julie Butters & Bryan Butters

1  Antony and Cleopatra

2  Two Gentlemen of Verona

3  The Tempest

Julie Butters is a Salem-based actress and writer. The former co-chair of Harvard University's Hyperion Shakespeare Company, she has performed roles ranging from Juliet to Lady Macbeth. Her website is juliebutters.com.

Bryan Butters is a longtime history teacher at Marblehead High School. He has performed Shakespeare with his wife, Julie Butters, in virtual productions as well as live at the Swampscott Public Library's 2023 Shakespeare Birthday Party.

Music: Handel Violin Sonata Opus 1 number 12, allegro movement.
Violin played by Devlyn Ruth

Devlyn Ruth attends New England Conservatory's Preparatory School where he plays with the school's Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as participating in chamber music. He has been studying violin for 10 years and currently studies with the former Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Kelly Barr

Edited by Lajla Dale for TravelOggy. com

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