UK Shakespeare Troupe Seeks Canine Thespians

Dog-owners in the UK city of Bath can audition their pooches tomorrow for a spot in a Shakespeare play, the Telegraph reports. The role in The Taming of the Shrew is historically accurate, the director said: “In Shakespeare’s time … they had a troupe of dogs specially trained to perform and do tricks or a jig as part of Elizabethan entertainment.” And, no, “this is not an April Fool,” a spokesman adds. (More William Shakespeare stories.)