In the news today I found an article that began, “A JEWISH school tumbled down national league tables after pupils refused to answer questions on Shakespeare because they believed he … Continue Reading ⇒
You can’t look askance from this word. You’ll come across it sooner or later! askance (adv., v.) IPA Pronunciation: (v.) to turn aside, to divert (adv.) sideways, surreptitiously OR with … Continue Reading ⇒
Lose text now! Ask me how! When performing Shakespeare today theatres around the world will cut words, lines, and scenes out of the show. The Shakespeare Blog raises quite a … Continue Reading ⇒
While browsing the net, I came across a post on the Shakespeare Blog that had a piece that related to my recent post about translated Shakespeare editions. The author, a … Continue Reading ⇒
Over the last several years editions of Shakespeare’s plays such No Fear Shakespeare have become increasingly popular among everyone under the sun who picks up Shakespeare to read. People love … Continue Reading ⇒
I don’t know exactly what it is about this word, but it’s one of my favorites. diadem (n.) IPA Pronunciation: crown HAMLET A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, … Continue Reading ⇒
Shakespeare’s language can be challenging. You and everyone else already know this fact. I’ll try not to say it again. Since it can be so challenging (whoops!) some people try … Continue Reading ⇒
Bring in da hoise, brink in da funk. Wait, you can’t bring in a verb. That makes no grammatical sense but it sounds cool, right? Shakespeare could probably pull it … Continue Reading ⇒
Mr. William Shakespeare is not just famous for writing plays to be performed – he wrote poetry as well. In 1592 there was an outbreak of plague in London and … Continue Reading ⇒
Anything that rhymes with ‘pickle’ is worth mentioning. Especially in Shakespeare. mickle (adj.) IPA Pronunciation: /mIkl/ great, much, large DROMIO OF EPHESUS O villain! thou hast stolen both mine office … Continue Reading ⇒