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 ...

As old texts are gradually digitized, the number of words whose lineage was previously traceable only to Shakespeare's pen has sharply decreased. This kind of makes sense, after all, and does not in ...

I’ve met Shakespeare’s ghost. The encounter was more drudgery than mystery, I’m afraid. Twenty years ago, my doctoral supervisor casually informed me that I would need to read every tragedy written in ...

My parents grew up in England, and, perforce, they knew their Shakespeare. I am lucky and grateful they did because they introduced me to the language of the Bard. This was not so much by taking me to ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Shakespeare’s language is often used by leaders in business and government to make their words more powerful and memorable. Through American history, ...

Michael Kahn deserves great credit for creating and nurturing the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, and he is correct in arguing that it isn't necessary to costume Shakespearean plays in Elizabethan ...