Language plays an important part in Shakespeare’s plays. He uses language in different ways to entertain the audience. Learn about the words he invented and why we still use them today.

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 ...

You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, ...

When Anderson Baten left his study sometime between 2 and 3 o’clock the next morning A Complete Dictionary of Shakespeare had been definitely started. Into this compilation during the next six ...

He pointed out that many of the words and expressions commonly used in the English language today have roots in ancient Greek mythology and the works of William Shakespeare. According to Edochie ...

For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest in aspects of his language. So how can we better understand ...