Felicitations on the anniversary of your natal day, William Shakespeare!

Or as Gratiano in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice said: With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come! I'm happy to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday today with all my wrinkles and mirth, and hope you can, too. How? Just join in some of the festivities by checking out DC's very own Folger Shakespeare Library's Shakespeare's Birthday at Home event-o-rama!

My favorite from today's schedule is:

Stage Combat in Shakespeare: How to Do an Elizabethan Sword Fight in 10 Easy Steps

3–3:15pm

Fight choreographer Casey Kaleba—who has staged many fights for Folger Theatre productions—is joined by Megan Reichelt and Jonathan Rubin, members of his Tooth & Claw Combat Arts team, to demonstrate all the right moves for creating safe, fun, theatrical sword fights for your next Shakespeare scene. Ever wondered what a bell clanger is or a Corps a Corps? This demo video is for you. Watch on YouTube. Doesn't this sound amazing?!