At the Folger, a Birthday Bash for the Bard From: The Washington Post | Date: April 27, 2007| Author: Michael J Toscano | Copyright 2007 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

What do you give a guy for his 443rd birthday? If the guy, er, Bard, in question is William Shakespeare, some new young fans might be nice. And a really big cake, of course. That's what the Folger Shakespeare Library has in mind Sunday with Shakespeare's Birthday Open House. It's four hours of widely varied, family-friendly activities geared primarily toward children. The streets around the Folger's Capitol Hill building will be closed for the first time in the event's 30-year history, turnin...

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