37 plays, 154 sonnets, and several long-form poems (that we know of) all make up Shakespeare’s considerable canon of work. In this section of the NoSweatShakespeare blog, we pull together all of our posts that relate to the works of Shakespeare, Bard of Avon…
Novels Inspired by Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is one of the most influential writers in history, and his work has been adapted and reinterpreted in countless ways. Novels inspired by Shakespeare’s plays offer a unique … Read more
A Great New Book About Shakespeare’s Tragedies
Review: Shakespeare’s Tragic Art by Rhodri Lewis Lewis writes: ‘What do you do after writing something like Hamlet?’ And indeed, he suggests an answer to his own question: ‘You might … Read more
Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400 Years Old 📖🎂
As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the popularity of its author is stronger than it has ever been, as his reputation, already at … Read more
Ron de Santis Bans Shakespeare from Florida High Schools
In recent months, there has been a trend in Florida to restrict the teaching of Shakespeare in high schools. This is one of the casualties of the passage of laws … Read more
Titus Andronicus Review, The Globe Theatre 2023
Violence? What violence? Titus Andronicus was hugely popular when it came out in 1594. Since then, until the twenty-first century, it was largely ignored, probably because its violence was too … Read more
Henry V Review, The Globe Theatre 2022
The Globe’s breathtaking Henry V. This is a very intelligent working of Shakespeare’s text. That’s the first thing to say, and the second is that Oliver Johnstone’s performance as Henry … Read more
Midsummer Mechanicals Review, The Sam Wanamaker Theatre At The Globe, 2022
If kids love a show written and staged for kids then it doesn’t matter what the grown-ups think, and while Splendid Productions’ Midsummer Mechanicals confused at least one grown up … Read more
The Tempest Review, The Globe Theatre 2022
Bravo, bravo and double bravo! This is not only one of Shakespeare’s greatest entertainments with its almost continuous music, including several songs, its magic, lots of belly-laughing comedy, including slapstick, … Read more
King Lear Review, The Globe Theatre 2022
King Lear has been called Shakespeare’s greatest play. It has also been said that it’s impossible to make it work on the stage. Those contradictory statements may both be true. … Read more
Henry VIII Review, The Globe Theatre, June 2022
It’s easy to say, as the Globe’s publicity for this production does, that the play was written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher “in collaboration with Hannah Khalil.” But four … Read more
Julius Caesar Review, The Globe Theatre, May 2022
With a cast of only eight actors, bringing this great play, which has some of Shakespeare’s major roles and scores of minor characters, with battle-ground and civil crowd scenes, to … Read more
Much Ado About Nothing Review, The Globe Theatre, May 2022
The Globe has opened its summer season with an energetic, very funny and all-round entertaining Much Ado About Nothing. It’s a conservative treatment that pays close attention to Shakespeare’s intentions … Read more
Are You Calling Shakespeare A Thief?
A recent article in the UK’s Guardian was headlined “New evidence suggests Shakespeare may have stolen the plot of Cymbeline.” Well! Using legal language like “evidence” and “stolen,” its author … Read more
Hamlet Review, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, February 2022
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse’s Hamlet could be termed “a play by Sean Holmes, based on an idea by William Shakespeare” for all the connection Holmes’s production has to Shakespeare’s text … Read more
Is It Time To Cancel Shakespeare?
Is it really time to cancel Shakespeare? The much-admired English actor, Juliet Stevenson, who has played many of Shakespeare’s main female protagonists, wrote an article in The Sunday Times recently, … Read more
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Cohen: Review
Joel Coen’s 2021 film “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is a tale of two stories – Shakespeare’s and Coen’s – and the result is a remarkable film. If the point of … Read more
Measure For Measure, Sam Wannamaker Playhouse: Review
Measure for Measure, running until 15th January 2022 at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, has been termed a “problem play” because, while it has a comic structure … Read more
Review: ‘Doing Shakespeare’ at the Bridewell Theatre
A group of six amateur thespians in the village of Felching are putting on a Shakespeare play. In spite of having a very limited knowledge or understanding of the Bard … Read more
Chiswick Playhouse’s All Women Macbeth: Review
A group of players with nothing more than a small acting space, a few crates to be used as tables, a throne, a scaffold, and some black drapes with multiple … Read more
‘Telling Tales’: Half Term Fun at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Shakespeare still offers the greatest fun, of any writer, for children. The Globe Theatre confirms that with its half-term attraction, Telling Tales. On a day out to the iconic theatre … Read more
Metamorphoses at The Globe Theatre: Review
Strong on theatre, flimsy on drama, great on storytelling This is the first test of the Globe’s new writers-in-residence, Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas, and Sabrina Mahfouz, three experienced young playwrights, … Read more
Shakespeare & The Knock Knock Joke
“Knock knock” jokes are the first jokes kids respond to and laugh at as their reasoning faculties begin to develop. The linguistic trick clicks in and they laugh. The ability … Read more
Twelfth Night Review, The Globe Theatre, August 2021
Sean Holmes’s production of Twelfth Night at The Globe Theatre is characterised by inventions and innovations within a faithful performance of the text, with a modern audience roaring at four … Read more
The Comedy of Errors, RSC Stratford, July 2021 Review
The Comedy of Errors is on at the RSC’s Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre until 26th September 2021. Phillip Breen’s outdoor production is a laugh-a-minute two-hour traffic in which … Read more
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, June 2021 Review
Ola Ince’s production of Romeo and Juliet is very contemporary. Shakespeare’s friend, Ben Jonson, wrote, in the Preface to The First Folio, that Shakespeare was not of an age, but … Read more
How To Write An Elizabethan Play
There were no theatres in London when Shakespeare was born. The first purpose-built theatre, simply named ‘The Theatre,’ opened when he was 12. It was so popular that others were … Read more
Shit Faced Shakespeare: Macbeth, Leicester Square Theatre, June 2021
What could be better than a walk about London’s West End on a warm July evening, seeing people who have spent the past year locked down at home joyfully filling … Read more
Shakespeare Was The Great English Writer… Was He Also The Greatest Plagiarist?
It depends. You decide. In our time, a writer who has plagiarized something is considered a serious offender. If caught, they find themselves ostracised by the professional community in which … Read more
Review of Romeo and Juliet, Regent’s Park Open Air Theater, June 2021
To be at the theatre at last, with a large audience humming with anticipation as the curtain-up time approaches, is one of the best moments among those things that are … Read more
BBC and The Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Winter’s Tale, 2021 – A Screen Adaptation
Erica Whyman’s RSC production has had a difficult birth. With its upcoming performances eagerly anticipated and tickets nigh sold out, it fell victim to the Covid pandemic just before the … Read more
Banishment in Shakespeare
What is banishment? Banishment is the state of being exiled or sent away from one’s home. Being banished was the worst thing that could happen to an Elizabethan, sometimes even … Read more
Just What Does ‘Hugger-Mugger’ Mean?
When Elizabethans did something ‘hugger-mugger‘ it meant they were doing it in secret. It’s an archaic expression, and not an idiom, so it is never used now, apart from its … Read more
How Macbeth Addresses Power and Ambition
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare that was first performed back in 1606. Macbeth dramatizes the psychological and physical damaging effects caused by the political ambition of those … Read more
‘Cozen’? What Exactly Is A Cozen?
The word “cozen” was a common Middle English word meaning to cheat, trick, deceive, or dupe. It was sometimes spelt “cozyn.” It possibly entered the English language from the French … Read more
Top 5 Shakespeare Bromances: Who Do You Ship?
Shakespeare created some of the most famous romantic couples in literature: Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello and Desdemona, etc. But what about the Shakespeare bromances? Those are pretty … Read more
Shakespeare Aesthetic Moodboards: Find Your Favorite Look!
Aesthetic moodboards have been all the rage on social media lately – especially the literary “academia” aesthetic. So, we thought, why not take those aesthetic moodboards and create some outfits … Read more
Top 10 Most Tragic Shakespeare Moments
Tragic Shakespeare plays are famous for the sheer volume of death and heartbreak. Trying to catalogue all of the saddest moments in his plays would take forever! But which are … Read more
The 9 Plot Elements of Shakespearean Tragedies
Thomas Moore is an educator and a professional freelance writer who works for a Write My Essay For Me service. He enjoys writing useful pieces and teaching kids. He is … Read more
NoSweatShakespeare Debut On ‘That Shakespeare Life’ Podcast!
I was recently invited to do a podcast for That Shakespeare Life with Cassidy Cash, discussing Sir William D’Avenant. I jumped at the chance, went and read up on him … Read more
12 Questions About Shakespeare You Wanted Answered
Let’s get real: we all have a lot of questions about Shakespeare. His plays can be confusing! That’s why we hosted a Shakespeare homework help session during our Instagram takeover … Read more
Is Othello A Villain?
Othello is not usually a character that pops up in lists of Shakespeare’s villains, but it is possible to make the argument that Othello was a villain. In this article … Read more
Shakespeare & The World Of Othello
Every text that Shakespeare wrote has its own culture, characters, atmosphere, and specificity. Starting a new play gives us a feeling that we are entering a new state or territory … Read more
Shakespeare’s King Lear & A Country In Disruption
Shakespeare’s King Lear is not a play about morality or love. It’s not a play about individuals. It’s a play about a country, a nation that is facing some kind … Read more
Shakespeare’s Invention Of The Human
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel said that Shakespeare’s characters are “free artists of themselves.” It means that Shakespeare’s most memorable men and women, beginning with characters like Berowne in Love’s Labour’s … Read more
Shakespeare’s Language
Contrary to popular belief, Shakespeare did not write in Old or Early English. Shakespeare’s language was actually Early Modern English, also known as Elizabethan English – much of which is … Read more
Top 50 Virtual Learning Resources for Shakespeare
Now that virtual learning has brought us from blackboards to Zoom calls, you might be struggling with either learning or teaching from home — especially when the topic is some … Read more
‘Hamlet’, Shakespeare’s Modern Play
Hamlet seems to be the closest of Shakespeare’s plays to modern times, though it was composed in the early years of the 17th century. More than four hundred years later, … Read more
The Hamlet Skull Scene: Symbolism & Significance
The ‘Hamlet skull scene’ – most commonly known as the ‘gravedigger scene’ appears in William Shakespeare‘s famous tragedy Hamlet. In this article, we’re going explore the significance of this scene … Read more
Montagues and Capulets: What’s The Story?
Montagues and Capulets appear in the famous love tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The feud between the houses of Montagues and Capulets forms the basis of Shakespeare’s … Read more
Religion & Renaissance Influences On Shakespeare
Religion was extremely important in Shakespearean England. It influenced everyone’s actions and thoughts. Because it had politics behind it, and the Protestant Queen was firm on the change that her … Read more
Hamlet / Lion King: Imitation or Inspired Creation?
Is The Lion King based on Hamlet? To some extent, yes, though there are a number of differences too. A word of caution, however. One cannot uproot a work of … Read more
Romeo and Juliet Songs
Ever wondered why there are so many Romeo and Juliet songs kicking around? Of all of Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo and Juliet is arguably the one that has most permeated the … Read more
The Weird Sisters and Demonology: Get Spooky with Macbeth!
The Weird Sisters: these characters elevate the story of Macbeth from typical regicide (you know, casual) to the supernatural. Think about it — without those three witches, would Macbeth have … Read more
What Exactly Is A ‘Flibbertigibbit’?
‘Flibbertigibbit’ is a word that has been kicked around like a soccer ball, going right back to its Medieval origins, having a slightly different meaning with almost every traceable incidence. … Read more
A Tragic Hero: Morally Virtuous or Deliberately Vicious?
The term ‘tragic hero’ is closely associated with the literary genre known as tragedy. A tragedy is a dramatic representation of a story in which the ending is somehow catastrophic … Read more
List of Shakespeare Plays
Read our list of Shakespeare plays below, sorted alphabetically, by date written and by word length. Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays during his lifetime, possibly more (there is at … Read more
Shakespeare’s 5 Most Misunderstood Villains
The villains in Shakespeare’s plays are often completely cruel. Iago? Why did he have to do Othello like that? Claudius? Seriously, you had to kill your brother? But every once … Read more
‘Original Pronunciation’: Understanding Shakespeare’s Pronunciation
Original pronunciation (also known as “OP” or “Shakespeare’s pronunciation”) is the concept of understanding, performing, or listening to Shakespeare’s works as they would have been spoken during Shakespeare’s time. If … Read more
‘Thinking Like Shakespeare’, A Book Review
I have come across a book whose title compelled me to open it as it lay on my desk among other new books. Like the book’s contents, the title is … Read more
Why Is Shakespeare Still So Popular In The 21st Century?
Even 400 years after his passing, Shakespeare remains relevant in the 21st century. The reach of the playwright is extensive, and people from all over the globe and all walks of … Read more
The Top 5 Shakespearean Betrayals… And How To Avoid Them!
Let’s talk about Shakespeare and betrayal. You know those jaw-dropping moments in reality TV where best friends secretly trash-talk each other, or someone is dating two people at once, or … Read more
‘How Do I Love Thee’… Is It Shakespeare?
How do I love thee is a phrase that could very easily come from Shakespeare – perhaps from one of his sonnets. The line is from a sonnet and it … Read more
Why Is The Structure of Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ So Unusual?
There are Shakespeare scholars who suggest that there are some Shakespeare plays that don’t really work on the stage and should be regarded as works of literature rather than dramas … Read more
Guidelines for Writing A Great Hamlet Analysis Essay
To enhance the independent work of students and the development of public speaking skills, many teachers resort to such a form of knowledge control as an essay. This type of … Read more
Quoting Shakespeare Post, Bernard Levin
Although Shakespeare lived 400 years ago, his language is so ingrained in our everyday speech we’re often quoting Shakespeare without realising it. When you enter the Shakespeare Birthplace in Stratford … Read more
Shakespeare’s Stage Directions
Reading Shakespeare’s original scripts can sometimes throw up issues around understanding – not just understanding the words of the characters, but also understanding Shakespeare’s stage directions. This article explains what … Read more
Shakespearean Puns
A ‘pun’ is usually defined as a play on words, or a play upon words, but it would be more accurate to describe punning as playing with the sound of … Read more
Shakespeare & America
Shakespeare and America have had a long love affair. While the early American writers were struggling to find a form and a style that would give the United States a … Read more
Shakespeare Conspiracy Theory
Did you know that there are many scholars who believe in a Shakespeare conspiracy theory stating that Shakespeare didn’t actually write the works attributed to him? This Shakespeare conspiracy theory began … Read more
Suicide in Shakespeare’s Plays
This article discusses suicide in Shakespeare plays, and Elizabethan views on suicide. The society that Shakespeare creates in the world of his plays is recognisable to audiences as a representation … Read more
Shakespeare In The Park
The term ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ at first applied to performances of Shakespeare’s plays at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, New York. It has since come to refer to … Read more
Shakespeare’s Top 20 Metaphors
In Shakespeare’s many works, he reflects and enhances the English language’s reputation as a metaphorical one. So many of our everyday expressions today are in fact Shakespeare metaphors – from … Read more
Shakespeare’s Best Dirty Lines & Innuendos
Elizabethan audiences loved it when the characters they were watching on the stage said something sexually suggestive. The double entendres were often more effective than today as the audiences were … Read more
Romeo & Juliet Balcony Scene
Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet – often referred to as the Romeo and Juliet balcony scene – is a central moment in Shakespeare’s play, and one that … Read more
What Were The Problems Between The Montagues and the Capulets?
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet play is one filled with conflict from the start to the end. Shakespeare describes a love story filled with a family feud from the word go. This … Read more
Famous Last Word From Shakespeare, by Character
We are fascinated with the last words of famous people, and, indeed, some real-life last words are more than interesting in the way they connect with the speakers’ lives. In … Read more
Shakespeare’s Use Of ‘Orisons’
There were several words in Shakespeare’s vocabulary that have either disappeared from the modern language or are very rarely used. ‘Orisons’ is one of those lost words. If you look … Read more
What Is The Primrose Path?
Shakespeare uses the concept of a ‘primrose path’ several times through his works – this article explores both the concept and meaning of ‘primrose path’. Shakespeare’s audience would have been … Read more
A Comparison Of Petrarchan And Shakespearean Sonnets
The relevance of this subject is that the real blossoming of the sonnet was in the works of Frank Petrarch, well before William Shakespeare’s time. But if the Italian poet … Read more
The Shakespeare Authorship Debate Revisited
When the film ‘Anonymous’ was released a few years ago, it inflamed the authorship debate that had been smoldering for about a century. The film portrays Shakespeare as a layabout, … Read more
6 Literary Devices Shakespeare Most Used For Dramatic Effect
Many people think of William Shakespeare as the greatest creative writer in the history of English literature (though there are a number of other candidates), and there is good reason for that. His influence on subsequent writers – not only English writers – is far-reaching and profound.
6 Historical Inaccuracies Found In Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Many of us know the history of Macbeth, but few people really ponder the life of the real Macbeth. Were they to do so, they may come across a number … Read more
Shakespeare’s Kings
No writer created as many kings as Shakespeare did. Some were based on real historical kings and others were fictional or drawn from mythology. One was even from the fairy … Read more
Is There Really A Hidden Meaning Behind Shakespeare’s Poems?
The anterior mention of Shakespeare’s sonnets refers to 1598, when a Cambridge master, Francis Meres, published a critical work named “Wits’ Treasury”. While giving Shakespeare’s work a very high appreciation, … Read more
The Ultimate Guide To Shakespeare’s Fools
The word ‘fool’ is rather loosely used these days, but it is a technical term in Shakespeare’s plays. The fool in Elizabethan drama is someone employed to entertain a king … Read more
Shakespeare’s Use of Mythology
Shakespeare had little formal education beyond a few years in his local grammar school. In a poem praising him as a great genius, his friend, Ben Jonson, concluded with something … Read more
Was Shakespeare Antisemitic?
The Roman Empire tried to crush the Jewish faith in the region where most Jews lived, now known as Israel. That resulted in a mass exodus as Jews moved to … Read more
Gender Bending in Shakespeare
Regarding the social position of women, the 21st Century is a very long way from Elizabethan England. Whereas there are now few things in the way of any woman in … Read more
Shakespearean…What Exactly Is Shakespearean?
We often hear terms such as ‘Platonic’ and ‘Aristotelian’ and ‘Einsteinean’, but what does it mean when we talk about ‘Shakespearean?’ At its most basic level, in the dialogue of … Read more
Misquoting Shakespeare!
There’s little doubt that Shakespeare is the greatest English writer to have lived, and has of course provided the world with all manner of fantastic quotes. So it should come … Read more
How Did Shakespeare Get Started As A Playwright?
Almost everyone in the English speaking world, and further, has held a copy of a Shakespeare text in his/her hands at some time. But how often do we think about … Read more
Which Shakesepare Play To See? The Ultimate Infographic
Fancy taking in a Shakespeare play but not sure which one to go for? Fear not! Artist Mya Gosling at Good Tickle Brain, has put together this fantastic flow chart- … Read more
Shakespeare’s Top 10 Love Scenes
Shakespeare is renowned for creating some of the world’s top lovers. In this post, we take a look at Shakespeare’s top love scenes across all of his plays. So, in … Read more
How Shakespeare Created Historical Characters
Whatever else we know about William Shakespeare, he was a voracious reader. When we think about how he brought his many historical characters to life in his history plays, there … Read more
Violence in Macbeth
Macbeth is a prime example of a violent Jacobean drama. As the Elizabethan age gave way to the Jacobean era, new young playwrights emerged. They were very much in tune … Read more
Shakespeare Lost & Found: Double Falsehood
The eighteenth century theatre impresario, playwright and Shakespeare scholar, Lewis Theobald, staged a performance of a play titled Double Falsehood at the Drury Lane Theatre on December 13, 1727. Theobald … Read more
“Exit, Pursued By A Bear”
‘Exit, Pursued By A Bear’ is generally considered to be the most famous of Shakespeare’s stage directions – leading up to the off stage death of Antigonus in The Winter’s Tale. And … Read more
Club di Giulietta: Shakespeare’s Juliet Alive & Well In Verona
One of the more curious, non-dangerous, aspects of human nature is our difficulty in distinguishing between fantasy and reality. Indeed, many of the things that we call ‘real’ don’t exist … Read more
Shakespeare’s Longest Play: Hamlet
When the curtain goes up for a performance of Romeo and Juliet Chorus steps onto the stage. He tells the audience the whole plot and says that it ‘is now … Read more
How Many Plays Did Shakespeare Write?
How many plays did Shakespeare write? Good question, and a simple one you might think, but the truth is it’s a question with no certain answer! Here’s why: Read more interesting facts … Read more
Shakespeare Baby Names For Girls
Looking for some inspiration from Shakespeare for baby names for girls? Shakespeare used 75 women’s names in his 37 plays, naming queens, jesters, heroines, and warriors… so something for every personality … Read more
Shakespeare Baby Names For Boys
Looking for some inspiration from Shakespeare for baby names for boys? Shakespeare used 125 men’s names in his 35 plays, naming kings, jesters, heroes, and warriors… so something for every … Read more
How Romantic Love Quotes by Shakespeare Can Help a Man Win a Woman’s Heart
Shakespeare has always been considered an icon of romanticism. His writings have been eternalized in many ways. His plays found their way onto stages and silver screens. Why not make … Read more
Review of Julian Fellowes’ Romeo & Juliet 2013
Watch the official trailer for Julian Fellowes’ Romeo & Juliet:http://youtu.be/IXgFU8JdIHs If you were writing a film script for Romeo and Juliet there would be a great number of things you … Read more
Thomas Bowdler: Bowdlerizing Shakespeare
Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) was an old school English Georgian gent, physician and philanthropist, but forever remembered for censoring Shakespeare and in doing so creating the eponymous verb bowdlerize (or bowdlerise). So what does … Read more
Why Did Shakespeare Set So Many Of His Plays Abroad?
We recently mapped the locations of all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays. The most interesting thing about looking at the map is just how broadly Shakespeare cast his creative web across … Read more
Shakespeare’s Words…That Didn’t Catch On
Much has been talked about Shakespeare’s innovation with words, particularly his creation of thousands of words and phrases now in common usage as part of the English language. However, even … Read more
Thee and Thou – What Does It All Mean?
One thing that puts people off Shakespeare is the effort needed to understand the language, particularly trying to understand the meaning of all these thees and thous! In actual fact, at … Read more
William Shakespeare & Robert Johnson – The Musical Collaboration
I’m grateful to Ed Kliman, one of our readers, for drawing my attention to the composer, Robert Johnson, the son of John Johnson, lutenist to Elizabeth I , who had … Read more
Shakespeare & Winter Imagery
We are in the middle of a harsh winter, one that has gripped the northern hemisphere more firmly than usual, and in spite of our modern life with heating wherever … Read more
Shakespeare and Venice
It’s almost certain that Shakespeare never left the shores of England, but every year thousands of his contemporaries, wealthy young men, embarked on the ‘grand tour’ of European cities: it … Read more
Shakespeare’s King Richard III vs Reality
The English kings of Shakespeare’s history plays are so convincingly portrayed – particularly Shakespeare’s take on King Richard III – that they have become a historical reality for most people. Researchers … Read more
Who Wrote Shakespeare? The Authorship Candidates
The conspiracy that Shakespeare didn’t write his plays exists in some circles, which leads to the question of who wrote Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets? We address the William Shakespeare authorship controversy … Read more
Shakespeare & Elizabethan Stage Sets
At a time when all of Shakespeare’s plays are being staged in different places on different kinds of stage in thirty-seven different languages, I’m thinking about how different the staging … Read more
Shakespeare In Statistics: The Infographic
“Infographics” have been all the rage online for some time, so we thought we’d put together a Shakespeare infographic detailing lots of juicy Shakespeare statistics and information. And without further … Read more
Shakespeare & Racism
A common mistake we’re to make when trying to transpose any Shakespearean expression from Renaissance English to contemporary modern English is to ignore its context and see it in the … Read more
Shakespeare & The Evolution of Christmas
In all of his works, Shakespeare uses the word ‘Christmas’ only three times: “At Christmas I no more desire a roseThan wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth” Love’s Labour’s Lost, … Read more
Nudity in Shakespeare
I read an article recently about a literature reading in Greenwich, New York, by a group going by the name of ‘Naked Girls Reading.’ The women come onstage in kimonos, … Read more
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