News

Although they were written more than 400 years ago, the words of William Shakespeare remain timeless. Thanks in large part to the Bard of Avon’s ability to poetically capture universal human emotions ...
Shakespeare’s modest background ... in cluster 1 doesn’t mean with absolute certainty that it’s not written by its attributed ...
A rare manuscript version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, discovered by Dr. Leah Veronese, reveals how the poem was politically ...
Shakespeare’s plays were written over 400 years ago, and some of the language can be unfamiliar to modern audiences. Shakespeare helped transform the English language. Many words and phrases ...
Eyeball', 'puking' and 'hobnob' are all examples. You probably use words invented by Shakespeare every day. Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in English of all time, and he is also the most ...
Not only does this text provide us with a new example of how Shakespeare was being read during the civil war, but also how his texts were being politically repurposed to suit the issues of the day.
It's a rare example of a surviving venue where Shakespeare's plays were performed in his lifetime. Shakespeare’s company visited the tiny Kent village of Fordwich near Canterbury as The King’s ...
Many writers and academics have asked whether just a few basic plots have ever existed, spanning the centuries from the Minotaur to Mad Max, from Shakespeare to Star Wars. The 18th Century Italian ...