NBC Newschannel 6 Where News Comes First: "COLLEGE 'SHAKESPEARE-A-THON' CONTINUES

02/16/2004


Wellesley, Massachusetts (AP) -- The Shakespeare lovers at Wellesley College in Massachusetts are going strong.
They're in the midst of a round-the-clock reading of all of the Bard's works. That's 39 plays, along with five poems and 154 sonnets. The 24 hours of bloodshed, treachery, tragic love, wayward passion and humorous misunderstandings began last night. It will finish at sunset with a reading of 'Hamlet.' "