April 23rd marks Shakespeare’s birth and death, a poetic symmetry that aligns with St. George’s Day, England’s patron saint.

There is no play more iconic than Hamlet. So colossal is its reputation that the image of a man dressed in black holding a skull has come to represent the entire art form of live theatre.

She also teaches accents to actors, most recently at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis when they did “Sherwood: the Adventure of Robin Hood,” set in England back during the Crusades. She uses methods ...