intent on taking shakespeare's cash. first, she tried to convince shakespeare's mother, elizabeth walker, that her son was still alive. just missing. orchestrating a phone call with someone claiming to be her son. >> he said, it's abraham. and i said, you don't sound like abraham. >> reporter: then, her ex-husband, james, testified he dug a hole with a backhoe and covered it up at his former wife's request. >> pay attention to what was in the hole? >> no, sir. >> before you filled it? >> no, sir. >> reporter: but the prosecution's star witness is greg smith, turned police informant. in secretly taped conversations, moore is heard spinning an elaborate web of lies. yesterday, smith describes the pains moore allegedly took to write a letter to shakespeare's mother, as if it was her son, who happened to be illiterate. it started with, "i'm gone." >> don't worry about dee. if she goes to jail, she will be okay. the charges won't stick. >> reporter: today, the tape where she allegedly agreed to the scheme where another man wo

shakespeares' guard and refers -- has plants referred to in shakespeare's plays and poems.the museum and the california academy of sciences, shakespeares garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring blossom association. flowers and plants played an important part in shakespeares literary masterpieces. here is an enchanting and tranquil garden tucked away along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. appreciate the beauty of its unique setting. the cherry tree, the brick walkways, the enchanting stones, the rustic sundial. chaired the bards'w ro -- share the bard's words. the garden is a gem to share with someone special. pack a picnic, find a bench, enjoy the sunshine and let the whimsical words of william shakespeare float you and your loved one away. this is one of the most popular wedding locations and is available for reservations. shakespeares garden is 8ada accessible. this park is located at the bottom of a hill. it is a secret garden with an infinite and captivating appeal. carefully tucked away, one block from the bottom of

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since i was citizen teacher let me take you back to the classroom and shakespeare and the words said about the noblest roman of them all, brutus. his life was gentle and the elements subtle mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world this was a man, gentle, compassionate, conscientious and funny and serious. this was a man. this was our milton marks. [applause] >> thank you henny. now, to milton's friend from a slightly later period in his life craig hofer. >> milton -- milton and i first became friends and 1992 in the frozen of maine where milton was two years ahead of my. i will grateful to tim dirkin who spoke moving at his funeral in august but can't be here today. i will be grateful for introducing us and setting up a wonderful friendship for so long. strangely while most college chums tend to grow distant after they graduate milton and i became closer over the years as they passed, particularly after we both arrived at university of pennsylvania for graduate school back in 1988. the reason for this is simple but power. it reminds me of woody allen's line "9

shakespeare doesn't fill in that gap. are they friends? does he feel some loyalty?he feel some ambivalence? on the one hand, this is the prince and the father of the prince they have to get rid of. >> professor laura bates from indiana state university has been volunteering in prisons for more than 20 years. she founded a unique program called "shakespeare in the shu." >> we chose "macbeth" as our main text for a lot of important reasons. the idea of looking at the choices that this character makes, someone who is in aristotle's terms a tragic hero. he's a noble man, an honorable man, a good man who made bad choices. >> i'm in prison for murder. um, i got 60 years for murder. but i'm the hero now. >> i will say for whiskey, to recruit these gutter tramps. they ain't trained and they are going against this valued general. what i'm saying is, that's risky, right? >> everything he's doing from the beginning to the end of this play is risky. once he decided to take that turn to go back, he got so much to lose, you know what i'm saying? so he's risking everything from th

>> i think shakespeare comes in a lot when you think about dickens.ne way to know why is to think of a character like scrooge. how does one come up with a scrooge or a hamlet? how does one come up with macawber? there's something about a creation or a character creation that becomes iconic the first time you read it that you only find in shakespeare and dickens. i'm sure i'm forgetting. >> one of the thin they have in common, shakespeare and dickens, is brilliance at portraying low life. you think of mcbath and hamlet. he's incredibly good at soldiers getting drunk in pubs and prostitutes and cut-purses, et cetera, et cetera. if you look at the low- life of dickens and the low-life of shakespeare there's an enormous meeting point. >> he's a prisoner of his own genius, so trapped in that room with the paper hat on his head and the pot of ink inside of his soul desperate to spill out but he did reach all the readers of the lowly. forever when he would tour meeting people who knew his characters better than he did. >> he has this thing which very few wri

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. >> 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 subject, do you believe that? what has happened 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 organiz

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but at 16, i had discovered chekhov and ibsen and shakespeare.hen i finally read my father's thesis, it was how to teach prisoners and delinquents through ibsen and checkov and shakespeare. >> have you been able to find out a lot about him and his character and his life? >> not really. although very mystical things happen. i was doing a concert. i can't remember when. several years ago. i was with my two girlfriends one night at my house. and they were talking about their fathers, and i couldn't relate to them because they had the experience of having a father. i came up to my office after they left, and there was a letter from my father that had been sent to me through a cousin who has the same streisand name in brooklyn in some synagogue. and she asked if he was related to me, my cousin, and she said, could you give this to barbra? and this was my father's girlfriend when he was 19 years old. and she found me through my cousin. and it was a poem written to her, but such a beautiful poem, and it talked about love. the only thing really in this w

items an informant testified earlier, he told moore he'd need to get rid of shakespeare's body.oore maintains she is innocent. the trial was supposed to end today. but the judge told the jury they probably won't get the case until some time next week. they're not going to the death penalty in this case. if the prosecution prevails, moore could get life in prison. >> she sure has drawn the ire of the judge there. >> sure has. >>> now, to the unbelievable caught on tape case of road rage. there were tense moments on the highway at high speed, as one car rammed another. it was all revealed in 911 calls just released. and abc's ron claiborne has more on the story. >> reporter: these are the final moments, seen on police dash cam video, of road rage turned physical. >> he's got a gun. he's got a gun. >> reporter: this, after the drivers of these cars had a high-speed duel on a wisconsin highway. >> we have a car that's being disgruntled on the road. it just hit us. a red acura. >> reporter: the 911 caller you're hearing is nicholas flanagan, riding with his friend, jessica ratliff, a

it's not acceptable. >> reporter: shakespeare had said after he won that $17 million jackpot in florida seemed everyone he knew just wanted his money. >> i'd really like my old life back, when i could talk the streets like a normal person. >> reporter: detectives say shakespeare's luck ran out for good, when moore got close to him. they say his normally busy cell phone went inactive, except for some mysterious calls, placed only to moore. but police say it was a charade. she had actually made those calls to herself. >> you used his phone. where's the phone now? and don't lie to me. where's the phone? just tell me. >> i threw it away. >> where did you throw it away at? >> on the side of the road. >> reporter: this kind of courtroom tension, that her public defenders may be causing her strange behavior. >> i don't pretend to know precisely what kinds of things she's reacting to. but i know it's very stressful for her. >> reporter: and on monday, the prosecution will continue its case. dan, bianna, with a six-hour taped interrogation. expected to come into play. >> we'll continue to cover

police charged moore with shakespeare's murder.re was often reduced to tears in court, after spending the night hospitalized, claiming medical problems. this, just one day after she almost got thrown out of her own murder trial. allegedly for making faces, to communicate with jurors. >> i cautioned you throughout these proceedings. it's not acceptable. >> reporter: shakespeare had said after he won that jackpot in florida, it seemed everyone he knew just wanted his money. >> i liked my old life back, when i could walk the streets like a normal person. detectives say shakespeare's luck ran out for good, when moore got close to him. they say his normally busy cell phone went inactive, except for mysterious calls, placed only to moore. but police say it was a charade. she had made those calls to herself. >> you used his phone. where's the phone now. and don't lie to me. where's the phone? just tell me. >> i threw it away. >> where did you throw it away at? >> on the side of the road. >> reporter: this courtroom tension, that her publi