mary" she read shakespeare. she read "a tree grows in brooklyn" by betty smith. the irish immigrant mother reads the bible to her daughters. my mother read me shakespeare and the bible. when she read the bible she cut out all of the sexy parts. she cut out song of soloman, she cut out the begats. she didn't think there was a single word like that in shakespeare so he read all of it and she would have been very surprised to find out shakespeare was a lot sexier than the bible was. >> rose: yes. and so when washington, to the theater company, what was your mission? >> well, i had been the director at the american shakespeare theater in stratford, connecticut, for about ten years and i thought i really had nothing left to say or contribute to shakespeare so i stopped. and then i had been... as director of juilliard i'd also been teaching young people and the sort of connection to young people and ideas about shakespeare that were new and fresh and also sort of unknowing about shakespeare actually sort of stimulated

welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: tell me about being shakespeare. where does it come from? why do you want to do this, and what is the magic of it all? >> well, of course, we are it early fascinated to know who it was who created this staggering body of plays, this amazing invention of language, this invention of the theatre, the central figure in our lives, whether we ever go see a play or not, we are influenced by william shakes spheres his words will be on his lips whether we know it or not, he coined thousands of words in every day circulation and when we talk about love we are really talking about romeo and juliet and influenced by his vision of love but we know, really frankly almost nothing about the inner life of this man, we know a lot about his outer life and know all of the important things, who his mother and father were, where he was born, how many brothers and sisters he had, when he married, how many children and so on, so interesting stuff, but not revealing stuff, we tonight have a letter from him, we don't have a diary entry from him, he never did an inter

shakespeare kardashian. the most famous footballer's middle name -- >> this is due to his exploration of universal truth. whatever language he speaks, to be or not to be. that is the question. and, it always will be. will godford, bbc news. >> the global bard, bringing the show to a close. thank you for watching. see you back here tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, x at union bank, wee strive to help operate in the business you operate in, tailoring to many industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was

and celebrating william shakespeare in three dozen language. the bard of britain gets his due welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. nicholas sarkozy is fight to avoid to be the second french president in 52 years to lose a bid for re-election. the socialist candidate came out just ahead of sarkozy. the two face a second round of voting. gavin hewitt reports from paris, the real surprise was the strength of the far right. >> president sarkozy fighting for his political life while financial markets tumble, spooked by political uncertainty here in france. he was beaten in the first round of voting and is trailing in the crucial run-off. he will need votes from people that supported the far right. that was his pitch today. >> i want to speak to tell you that insecurity is not a problem. i have been the target of insults because i dared to say that immigration was an issue. i say this is a scandal. >> the leader of the far right stunned france with 6.5 million people voting. her campaign, anti-globalization. president sarkoz

so many countries do shakespeare, but the fact that shakespeare means 70 different things around the world. >> [speaking foreign language] >> lithuania's biggest rock star has also been playing hamlet for 50 years. shakespeare is a symbol of freedom. >> there were always secret messages. there's no need for that now because you can openly say what you need to say. it is more entertainment now. >> it goes even further. >> if you go into the countryside, you find people that are called shakespeare -- their first name. actually, the most famous footballer, his middle name is hamlet. >> here, the prince of denmark and danish. >> a reminder of our top story on gmt. nicolas sarkozy has challenged his socialist rival to public debate on the policies before the decisive runoff in the french presidential election. for more on the french presidential election, go to our website. bbc takes a closer look at the contenders. log on to bbc.com/news. that's all for the moment. stay with us on "bbc world news." there is plenty more to come. >> make sense of international news. bbc.com/news. >> fundin

but it's not just the fact that so many countries do shakespeare. it's the fact that shakespeare means so many different things around the world. this man is lithuania's biggest rock star. he's also been playing hamlet for 15 years. and here, shakespeare is a symbol of freedom because of the soviet era, that were hidden extras in the play. >> there were always little secret messages from the artist to the audience, and somehow there's no need for that now, because you can openly say what you want to say. it's more entertainment now. >> in armenia, it goes even further. you go into the countryside in armenia, you find people that are called shakespeare. that's their first name, because he's kind of a jairo. -- a hero. the most famous footballer's middle name is hamlet. >> south sudan, zimbabwe, the first shakespeare. and here, the prince of denmark in danish. >> this is "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. the headlines -- the battle for france's leadership heats up after president sarkozy loses the first-round elections to a socialist rival. and

and the offender started quoting from shakespeare. doesn't answer the question about the third murder. >> you could look at him as being like -- >> the program has inmates rewrite shakespeare in a way that reflects their own experiences. during our shoot, the group was working on macbeth. a play about ambition, assassination and a warlord's lust for power. >> i take macbeth to the streets. and what he did, he bring to the hoods, to the housing projects, you know, guys that don't got nothing, and he used nobodies, nobody know. >> leon vincent, serving 60 years for murder, read one of his passages to the group. >> you read my eyes like parables. i was pressed for time because of my special preparations for tonight's special feast. >> i really like the metaphor that you used you read my eyes like parables. that's almost something like shakespeare himself would write. so i really like that. >> i'm from the hood, you know, not to separate the hood from anything. shakespeare was something, you know, i never thought i would experience in my

how do other cultures approach shakespeare? how they talk about their own societies through his place? >> william shakespeare was born here as robert upon in nearly 450 years ago. the world has -- here at stratford upon avon nearly 450 years ago. the world has changed a lot, but he has not and neither have we. which is probably why he is so relevant today and will remain so. >> this iraqi theatre company has updated romeo and juliet for the 21st century. the warring families are in reference to the cities and shiites. -- the sunnis and shiites. whatever language you speak, to be, or not to be, that is the question. and it always will be. bbc news. >> thanks for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strate

. >> do they teach you shakespeare? >> i managed to stay away from shakespeare at the master's level. >> you'd be comfortable there now because i understand even for literature majors shakespeare is not a mandatory bject, do you believe that? what has hapned to these? >> reporter, covered politics, weekly pbs series john ander nathalie. "u.s. news and world report," religion editor. your book to your credit. >> my first book. >> and still working at "u.s. news & world report." >> i still am. >> if i mention the name funk to you, who is he, robert funk? >> he's a bible scholar, new testament scholar who is founder and leader of a group called jesus seminar. a group of scholars for the last 15 years have been exploring the historical jesus. >> yeah, does he have very much standing in the academic community paula fredriksen interhe represents the school of representation. >> she's also a diplomat. well, funk is saying some pretty vacanting things. and it appears as though he is off the charts, does it not? he's organized a

where would shakespeare be in a copyright ear ya. he was a shameless plagarist. in plutox life is mark anthony or julius cesar, that's a great description of cleopatra on her barge. shakes -- shakespeare rewrote it and it's one of the great scenes of anthony and cleo -- cleopatra. and if you did that today -- the copy right is stretched out. 75 years now -- now you have to get plutars permission. you improved it. put in a blank verse, changed some things, basically used so much overlap that, i'm sorry, got to get his permission. so plutar says you're a very successful playwright. i'm just an historian, an on greek historian. so i'm going to have to charge you for this. so it's a tremendous bonanza for lawyers. so i'm skeptical, and i particularly emphasize the fact that all creative writing, all academic writing, all built on prior stuff, and the more you know about literature, the more you know about an academic field, the more you realize that the famous people, successful people, they borrowed tremendously from their predecessors. and the more difficult you ma

i mean, where would shakespeare be in a copyright era? [laughter] he was a shameless play -- plagiarist. not only of the plots, the story, the story details, but he'd take language, you know? if you read a play, i mean, a great example i particularly like, um, in marc anthony or julius caesar, there's a great description of cleopatra on the nile. shakespeare took the english translation of plutar and rewrote it in blank verse and put it -- and it's one of the great scenes in anthony and cleopatra. now, if he did that today, you know, modern author, you know, we have this endless copyright rules getting stretched out, 75 years now. say, no, you have to get plutar's permission because, you know, it's true you improved it, you put in a blank verse, you changed some things, but, you know, basically there's so much overlap that, i'm sorry, you've got to get his permission. so then plutar says, well, you know, you're a very successful playright, i'm just a historian, an obscure greek historian, so i'm going to have to charge you for this. [laug

he's best known for his shakespeare adaptations but he has done some much more than that. he will be here for an onstage conversation and then an early film of them is been dead again which is not shakespeare and a wonderful sort of double mystery in which she also stars. >>> he was here years ago on the show and tell if a man. lets take a look at a couple of things to get a sample. the first won the waiting room and the subject is set here in oakland. >>> one of several really wonderful local films are always happy to have a fast ball. it's a documentary that tells the story a day and a life of highland hospital which is thick on the public hospital in the east bay so of course through this day ec all kinds of people that need to come to a hospital for everything from emergencies, to a simple check ups because they don't have health care. lets take a look at waiting room. ♪ ♪ >>> item of they called my name and not the went downstairs the cafeteria. >>> the trauma teams there are really good i had a plate in my arm and my leg. her car flew down the street ahead on a colli

today is the 284th anniversary of that master storyteller, the king of english -- william shakespeare. congratulations. >> the world shakespeare festival highlighting the barn's universality -- bard's universality launched by a theater in new zealand. >> all 37 of his works will be dramatized in 37 languages. it will accompany the olympic games. birthday, will. >> yes, yes. we will be back after a short break. >> and burma as well. >> do not go away. >> thank you per staying with us. most of its sanctions against burma. >> the decision was taken on the same day parliament convened. but the pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi and her opposition party decided to boycott the first session of parliament. >> they called it contrary to their personal principles. the ruling party has refused to amend the wording. >> it was supposed to be an uplifting parliamentary session. beat pro-democracy leader -- the pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi and the opposition party. the nld party refused to approve the constitution. they feel it gives too much power to the military. they wanted to change

shakespeare invented over 1000 words. a lot of those picked up on the streets of london. a lot of them were full accused juice before used them. -- usages before use them give them some more french words -- but they did not stick in english. >> the part of the american experience was, jefferson actually taught or greeted the word neologize -- to create a new word -- and jefferson loved to make of words, and he thought would abandon -- with benjamin franklin and no webster, to say we are different people, our language is descriptive as opposed to prescriptive. noah webster himself creates a word plebiscites to some degree in order to put a pin in the side of the british. he would just put words in the dictionary -- indian words -- indiancreek instead of -- words like creek, is that a book. >> george w. bush very imaginative with words . with wemisunderestimate. >> changery was great. >> blended words but taking two different words. >> if you hold on a moment i shall do station identification or i will be in trouble. this is from the way for the benefit of our listeners on

. >> sonnet 29 burial yam shakespeare. >> do you know any of it -- by william shakespeare. >> do younow any of it. >> the whole thing. >>> poetry police stand out all over howard community college this spot son campus reminded me of the poem in my pocket, robert frost the road not taken. >> two roads diverged in a wood and i, i took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. >> in howard county beth parker fox 5 news. >>> cruising into the weekend, a little unsettled. >> hold on a second i have a poem in my pocket for you, roses are red, violets are blue i wish i could take showers off saturday for you. a few more showers tonight guess what i saw coming upstairs, sun is out here in northwest, a little bit of a brightening sky take a live lookout side, you will see what i am talking about we still have a cold front to come through, later tonight and i would say around 10:00 p.m. or so, and it will gather little bit of moisture on its way it could still be another shower here and there i will start you out with a look at radar you will be able to see not much is ha

in august 2011, food and wine magazine named the shakespeare garden is one of the nation's top picnic spots, and honor that is a direct result of carter's hard work and a passion. i have had the great pleasure of getting to know him a little bit. i learned a great deal from him and a truly enjoyed his warmth and support and camaraderie. and he will be sorely missed. and i would ask, commissioner, if you could a jury in his honor. commissioner buell: absolutely. >> aren't more happy stuff. summer camp registration begins this saturday at 10:00 a.m. our summer camp program has become truly one of the most popular and most talked-about summer programs in the city. registration can occur both online and will be happening at 12 neighborhood sites around the city. this is our biggest season of the year, and we're offering more than 60 camps to families, including development and a movement camps for tots, skateboard cans, fishing camps, art in the park, and of course our traditional camps. for the first time, we're offering a summer overnight camp experience of that camp nader. in july, 12

>> happy birthday, william shakespear. he went on to produce things that have yet to be duplicated anywhere except in our thursday style section. here is a favorite line of mine. "they say i am crazy because i'm about to go dumb again. they ain't see me because i pull up. throw your diamonds we're in the -- and that might have been kanye. no, it may have been shakespear. >> it never gets better. >>> does it pay to get your ba? according to the government data, no way. one in two tbrads are jobless or unemployed with many scraping by as waiters or waitresses or personal assistants to greg gutfeld. my problem areas won't shave themselves, people. the ap says it is the worst in 12 years thanks to technological advances that are killing jobs like bank tellers. those with degrees are hurt the most. many are facing a double whammy, a term i just coined of rising tuitions and poor job prospects. one said, quote, we are failing kids coming out of college. let's go to the red eye senior cory spawn department. correspondent. ace, wh

hamby, i read the story in the chicago tribune about blago in prison who wants to teach a little shakespeares. he talked to his attorney who went to visit him and said blagojevich is in great spirits and is washing dishes in the kitchen and wants to teach greek tragedy and shakespeare in the library at the prison. i think our you vooers should go read an article i read, a former missouri state senator who went to prison on a campaign finance charge. listen to a bunch of advice for blagojevich going to prison. jeff smith is his name. he said that -- he should read a lot. he should teach. he should work out and blagojevich, excuse me, is apparently running four or five miles a day. >> got a nice color and a tan? >> he does. his lawyer says he's a popular figure in prison and people call him gov and back slapping and his advice was hey, you're a politician, but resist those political urges. lay low. you don't want to have a big name and reputation in prison, kind of observe when you first start there, so we'll see if blagojevich, and it's worth checking out. >> send me the article and i'll retw

>> going to be doing "shakespeare in the park" this summer. 50th anniversary.w is "as you like it," which is exactly the way bill shakespeare himself says, look, i got a great new show for you, for you people at the globe. "as you like it." i'm going to be playing touchstone. >> i love you in everything you do but i was talking with my dear friend this morning, all talking about how we love beethoven so much that -- if there's a whole generation that hasn't seen beethoven -- are you in beethoven, aren't you? it is a classic hysterical family film. you've got to see him -- if you have children, got to watch "beethoven." don't watch "the big c" -- >> no, not with the kiddies. >> great to see you, oliver. we'll try to come see you this summer if it's not too warm. >> check your iphone before you go. >> there might be winds blowing. ooh! >>> up next, sara's getting our fans ready to ask us some unbelievably daring questions. oh, please, after these messages. [ male announcer ] when do you take 5-hour energy? when i'm on the night shift. when they have more energy t

williams shakespeare. happy birthday williams shakespeare. >> there we go.men. >> that's right. >> thanks, guys. appreciate it. >> we told you about apple, bank of america, the other big fish on the move. what about as kayla says, the baby moves. >> i hope we don't keep using that term. nonetheless, zynga is hardly a cap company. ahead of the first earnings report as a public company next thursday. more trouble throughout the year it's been losing the facebook shine. today it's just at 930 which is below the ipo price. let's take a look at apollo global management. great wolf finally reaching an agreement and topping rival bidder kls capital partner of most recent offer of 7.25. shares closed up at 808. still trading through that offer today. what we're looking at with apollo global, don just 3.5%, about. let's look at kimberly-clark. moving to the upside by 1.5% as the kleenex and diaper maker posted a bigger increase in quarterly profits. q1 earnings are rising by 34%. the birth rates keep rising. michelle, back to you. >> thank you, kayla. mcclendon has b

i don't want an essay on gender inversion in shakespeare's corlianus.ust want them to balance the books. >> that's fair, but we also want them to go home and be good citizens. we want them to be good family members. we want them to, in fact, do more than simply understand that education is for a job, narrow job skill. we want them to also be able to ask questions and to solve problems that are new rather than get stuck in something that's sort of assembly line-like. >> you say there is a crisis in education where colleges aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing. who is doing it right? >> what's common about the schools that are doing it right is they have cultures are that are challenging that ask students to engage in far more work and effort, far more writing and reading, far more integration of knowledge. >> stephen: i went to dartmouth. how about dartmouth? how are they doing? they're in the top ten in the u.s. news and world rortd thing. >> i would choose schools like m.i.t. as an example of a high... >> m.i.t. is like a tech school. it's th

so william shakespeare, a creative guy, he stole most of his plots. he didn't like coming up with his own stories but he had access to a publishing industry that gave him lots of stories to steal and nobody stopped him. so you see this again and again among very, very creative people that they are very open minded, they read everything, they're incredibly curious and they feel a lot. >> stephen: steve jobs, you said he might be one of the most creative people in our lifetime. but everyone would say that, right? that's not really a creative comment. (laughter) or is it createive that you stole that from everyone's lips? >> i think jobs was incredibly good at managing creativity. >> stephen: you say creative people are between eight and 40 times more likely to be manic-depressive. >> yes. >> stephen: that is... a rough stat. and it's a high price to pay for being creative. >> yes, it and it's very important to be clear that suffering from the sake of your art is still suffering. it's a.... >> stephen: will suffering make you creative? do you have to kin