Baby Shakespeare

**Baby Shakespeare** is the 4th video to be released in the Baby Einstein series. Almost all of it's music is by Ludwig van Beethoven (except the main theme of the video and the alphabet song) and the visual content consists of nature, toys and puppet shows featuring Bard the Dragon (who first appeared in Baby Mozart) and other classic B.E. characters. It was released in 1999 despite the original tape saying 2000 and was later reissued that year. The counterpart CD is the Baby Beethoven CD. It was also sold in a 'special' pack including the VHS and the book. It was later re-released sometime in 2004, with some alterations.

## Poems and Words

* The Tale of Custard the Dragon - Ogden Nash (Opening Scene)
* A Modern Dragon - Rowena Bastin Bennett (Train)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare (Flower)
* The Apple Tree - Galway Kinnell (Apple)
* The Cat and the Moon - W.B. Yates (Cat)
* Heavenly Grass - Tennessee Williams (Grass)
* Wadasa Nakamoon - Ray A. Young Bear (Frog)
* Nothing Gold Can Stay - Robert Frost (Leaf)
* The Revival - Steve Crow (Snow)
* Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now - A.E. Housman (Tree)
* The Calf-Path - Sam Walter Foss (Cow)
* The Butterfly - William Wordsworth (Butterfly)
* My Loves - Langston Hughes (Moon)

## Music by Beethoven

* Rondo a Capriccio in G, Op. 129 "Rage Over a Lost Penny"
* Rondo in C, Op. 51/1
* Bagatelle In A Minor WoO 59 "Fur Elise"
* Allegro for a Flute Clock
* Military March No. 1 in F, WoO 18/1
* The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113, Turkish March
* Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique", Op. 13, 2nd Movement
* Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 4th Movement

## Puppets

* Bard the Poetic Dragon
* Blue Bird
* Stripes the Tiger
* Duck
* Jane the Monkey
* Cow
* Purple Bull
* Yellow Bunny

## Kids

* Aspen and Sierra Clark
* Gabrielle Margas
* Madeline Pluto
* Dylan and Dakota Snider

## Release Dates

### VHS

* November 23, 1999 (Independent)
* January 18, August 15 and October 31, 2000 (Family Home Entertainment)
* February 26, 2002 (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
* August 9, 2003 (same 2002 tape master with updated box art)
* October 26, 2004 (updated intro and toys, to promote Little Einstein)

### DVD

* August 15, 2000 (Family Home Entertainment)
* February 26, 2002 (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
* August 5, 2003 (updated menu and bonus features)
* October 26, 2004 (updated intro and toys, to promote Little Einstein)
* November 24, 2010 (Discovery Kit Edition)

## Opening Messages

### 1999-2000

* "Hi, I'm Julie Clark, founder of the Baby Einstein Company. For more information on this program and the research behind it, visit my website at www.babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

### 2000-2003

* "Hi, I'm Julie Clark, founder of the Baby Einstein Company. For more information about our developmental programs, visit our website at www.babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

### 2004

* "For more information about our developmental products for babies and toddlers, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

### 2010

* "Hi, I'm Julie Clark, creator of Baby Einstein. Welcome to the Baby Einstein Theater, where little eyes and little ears can experience creativity. Enjoy the show."

## Trivia

* Sometime in Mid 2001, Bard was replaced by a lizard on the front cover and was like that for all future re-releases.
* This was the last video to be released by the Baby Einstein Company on their own before FHE and Artisan bought the company in 2000.
* Unlike a future video, this is the first video with music by Beethoven and two months before its release, the Baby Beethoven CD came out.
* A companion book of the same name features all the poems from the video and was sold around the same time. In fact, both the book and video were sold as a combo pack throughout 2000.
* In 2010, the video was renamed to World of Words, with some new footage and scenes switched around.

## Gallery

### Video

Bard Intro (1999-2003)Bard Intro (2004)Jane in the snowCows
### Media

2000 VHS & Book Combo2000 DVD2002 DVD2004 DVD2007 DVD