Shakespeare: 10 things you didn't know

How did the Bard cause a plane crash? Why did his theatre stink? To celebrate 450 years of Shakespeare, the RSC's Gregory Doran presents 10 startling facts.

1 Shakespeare caused an air crash

On Oct 4, 1960 a Lockheed Electra aeroplane setting off from Boston Airport stirring up a flock of 10,000 starlings on the runway. It flew straight into the avian cloud which choked the engines and brought the aeroplane down. The crash claimed 62 lives.