Shakespeare garden "Romeo and Juliet", "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." is Ophelia's speech from "Hamlet": Shakespeare also uses plants for historic symbolism, such as the plucking of red and white roses in "Henry VI, Part I" to foreshadow the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses that would end the king's reign. All the plants Shakespeare names in his plays are mentioned in classical medical texts or medieval herbal manuals. An early Shakespeare garden was added in the anniversary year 1916 to Central Park, New York City.
Suites & Sweets Suites & Sweets Suites & Sweets is the 16th studio album by Bradley Joseph released in 2009 on the Robbins Island Music label. It is a collection of classical musical suites on the piano. Joseph told Jane Fredericksen of the "St. Croix Valley Press" that, "'Suites are a series of classical movements... and 'Sweets' — something gratifying and delightful, it's kind of a play on words." The album features compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and other classical composers in which Joseph "took the best parts and movements out of those classical songs...and made it soft and calm all the way