In celebration of Shakespeare’s birthday, we invite actor and Shakespeare expert, Ben Crystal to perform in the Lockdown LitFest studio.

In addition to appearing in many Shakespeare plays throughout the world, Ben has authored or co-authored many books on Shakespeare.  He was the co-writer of Shakespeare’s Words (Penguin 2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (Penguin 2005) with his father David Crystal. His first solo book, Shakespeare on Toast – Getting a Taste for the Bard (Icon 2008) was shortlisted for the 2010 Educational Writer of the Year Award. Springboard Shakespeare - a quartet for Arden Shakespeare / Bloomsbury - was published June 2013, and An Illustrated Dictionary of Shakespeare was published April 2015 with OUP, and was shortlisted for the 2016 Educational Writer of the Year Award.