Today it would seem odd to describe a flower with the word “bastard” – why apply a term of personal abuse to a flower? But in Shakespeare’s time, “bastard” was a technical term describing certain ...

The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language, published by Bloomsbury on August 24, provides the ‘first fully corpus-based dictionary of Shakespeare’s language and most comprehensive since ...

The translator Daniel Hahn makes the case that Shakespeare can be appreciated “even if we don’t hear a single one of his ...

William Shakespeare, born in 16th-century Stratford-upon-Avon, England, didn’t simply use language as a tool to tell tales, he wielded it like a master craftsman, shaping it to fit his vision. In fact ...

Content warning: This review discusses racism and gender-based violence. One of the beautiful things about the work of William Shakespeare is that it’s in the public domain, and therefore artists are ...

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival has launched the 'Shakespeare's Heartbeat' program. It uses the heartbeat rhythm (iambic pentameter) of Shakespeare's words and the physicality of his characters to ...