Our mission is to help everyone understand Shakespeare’s language.
From translating Shakespeare quotes (to be or not to be, anyone?) and complete Shakespeare plays, to providing great Shakespeare facts, a Shakespeare translator, and articles on Shakespeare’s life – including a great William Shakespeare biography – we’re here to make Shakespeare easy and accessible. We even have a section dedicated to other great Shakespeare websites!
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Each fortnight we take a deep dive into all things Shakespeare, speaking with diverse experts in fields of Shakespearean performance, literary study, education, social media, and more — all while keeping the Bard’s works entertaining and accessible. Listen now!
Take a browse around NoSweatShakespeare using the navigation options at the top of each page, or click the quick links below to take you to a site section or specific article on Shakespeare.
Find out the basics about the Bard’s life with a Shakespeare biography and a timeline of Shakespeare’s life and work.
Read the best and most famous Shakespeare quotes, monologues and soliloquies by play (Hamlet quotes, Macbeth quotes, Romeo & Juliet quotes and more), or see Shakespeare’s love quotes.
Read short summaries of Shakespeare’s plays, meet Shakespeare’s characters, and understand Shakespeare’s play types – comedies, histories, tragedies etc.
Brush up on Shakespeare’s family – his parents, siblings and his own three children, alongside in-depth information on Anne Hathaway – Shakespeare’s wife.
Need to know what iambic pentameter is, or how to write a sonnet? We also have modern translations of all 154 sonnets (including sonnet 18), and all of Shakespeare’s poems.
Studies of Shakespeare’s most loved characters – Lady Macbeth, Caliban, Queen Mab, Laertes, Prospero, Polonius, Friar Laurence, Falstaff, Fortinbras, and many more.
Everything to know about each of the London theatres Shakespeare was connected to, including Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, along with some great Globe Theatre facts.
With his insults Shakespeare was most certainly a master of his trade. Try insulting someone in Elizabethan English with this list of Shakespeare insults.
What did Shakespeare look like? See all of the known portraits and pictures of William Shakespeare – Chandos, Cobbe, Droueshot, Hilliard, Holy Trinity Bust, Saunders – with a description of each.
And yes, we do offer more than straight-up Shakespeare – though all in keeping with our literary theme.
Interested in finding out more about the world’s most famous authors? Or drilling down into the best American writers, English authors or Irish authors, plus selections of the very best quotes in literature?
Find all this and more in our section of the website devoted to all thingsEnglish literature.
