If all the world was once a stage, it's probably on a screen by now.
We are celebrating the best of the Bard on the big screen.
Although the exact date of Shakespeare's birthday was not recorded, we know he was baptised on Wednesday 26 April 1564 and died 52 years later on 23 April 1616.
His work has had immeasurable influence but how well do you really know his plays and their Hollywood adaptations? Which starred Keanu Reeves, and which saw a feud between blue and red gnomes?
Take our quiz and see if you know which works of Shakespeare these famous films were based on.
This quiz was published in April 2019
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