Durham, NC - With the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death coming this Saturday, the Department of English invited members of the Duke community to celebrate the bard's work with a marathon reading of his sonnets at three sites across campus. The readings in Bostock Library, Duke Gardens and the Levine Science Research Center covered all 154 sonnets. Duke President Richard H. Brodhead and his wife Cindy joined in during the session at Duke Gardens.
The reading follows on the heels of a marathon Paradise Lost reading, also sponsored by the Department of English.
But there's more: Miguel de Cerventes, author of Don Quixote, died the same year as Shakespeare, and he too will be honored by Duke. On Thursday, the Department of Romance Studies will hold a marathon reading of Cerventes' masterpiece. For more information, click here.
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