To celebrate what would have been William Shakespeare's 446th birthday, a couple of English teachers at Brookwood School dreamed up a special production to commemorate the Bard.

On the evening of April 23, students in Brookwood's Upper School voluntarily took part in an hour of Shakespeare quotations, scenes, a sonnet, and even a greatly abbreviated version of "Hamlet."

Carolyn Nicholson and Mona Lewis organized and put together "A Celebration of Shakespeare," with assistance from librarian Jackie Crew, music teacher Barbara Lee, art teacher Maureen Harrer, as well as other faculty members and parents. Vic Spigener, another Upper School English teacher, assisted with rehearsals and props. Steve Adams, of Capital City Shakespeare in Tallahassee, directed scenes from "Julius Caesar," the final performance of the evening.

For days in advance, evidence of the Bard surrounded the students. Each year, English teacher Ann Larson's sophomores make hand-drawn posters illustrating Shakespeare quotations. Dozens of these creative displays adorned the corridors of Crozer Hall, along with scrolls of Shakespeare's coined words and phrases.

 "We just want our students to love Shakespeare, as we do," Nicholson said.

To that end, she and Lewis had the 26 performers act out familiar sayings and quotations -- "Coined Terms" -- that many in the audience did not know were attributed to Shakespeare, as well as presenting other familiar scenes.

Seniors Davis Flowers and Abby Lewis tied the segments together as narrators.

Following the production, Mona Lewis invited the audience in Chubb Hall to congregate in the Williams-Parker Library, where Shakespeare's birthday cake was served and bookmarks decorated with famous Shakespearean quotations were given as favors.

Pickle -- Mary Claire Courtney declares that she's "in a pickle," and Kaitlyn Roberts reminds her that the phrase is yet another term coined by Shakespeare.

JuliusCaesar -- In this scene from Julius Caesar are, left to right, Cory Sigler, Grace Allen, James Farmer as Caesar, Kaitlyn Roberts, Meredith Briscoe and Sam Snook.

IdesOfMarch -- Upper School Director David Grooms, right, played the part of the Soothsayer, who warned Julius Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March," while the characters behind the masks are played by Olivia Howell, Audrey Simmons and Grace Allen.

Romeo -- Freshman Lyle Dollar is Romeo

Juliet -- Ninth grader Peyton Patterson plays Juliet