Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status is underpinned by multiple myths — ideas about language that have departed from reality (or what is ...

William Shakespeare is 400 years dead as of April 23, but his heritage seems in excellent shape. His plays are loved, admired and endlessly produced; our greatest actors regularly turn down bags of ...

No one debates that Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers in the English language. What is debatable, however, is just how much today’s audiences actually understand that language. “I'll be ...

Assassination, bedazzled, lonely, rant, scuffle, zany: These are just a few of the 1,700 words we traditionally credit to Shakespeare. Some, like elbow, seem like they should have always existed in ...

One night during a 1996 production of Romeo and Juliet at the Seattle’s Children Theatre, a family grabbed their coats and went to the house manager. “They told him, ‘We’re really having a wonderful ...

There’s no shortcut to memorizing Shakespeare, and that’s a good thing. The language can feel intimidating, the lines are often in verse, and the plays are long. If you don’t understand everything the ...

Another day, another Google doc. This time it’s a guide to getting rid of “anti-Black” language in Shakespeare. Not racist language, mind you. That’s a given, bien sûr. No, we’re talking about any ...

That's why the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has launched an unprecedented project to translate the Bard's entire canon from his original style into contemporary English. The ambitious and controversial ...

They were heads of multinational corporations and forensic psychologists. University professors and accomplished architects. Now they’re retired, and rehearsing for their toughest act yet. The school ...

Illustration of Shakespeare reciting "Hamlet" to his family in Stratford-upon-Avon. People rarely argue over the question, “Who is the greatest writer of all time?” Even though several literary ...

When two actors, Henry Condell and John Heminges, started putting together a book of all their friend’s plays, they could not have guessed where it would lead. But they did know publishing was an ...