The world’s mine oyster… Wear my heart upon my sleeve… Wild-goose chase… All that glisters is not gold… A tower of strength… In a pickle… Even a small selection of these phrases, coined by Shakespeare ...

“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.” ― William Shakespeare, Othello “There was a star danced, and under that was I born.” ― William ...

There’s a healthy tension between the old the new in our study of the humanities. As an English teacher, I enjoy sharing the classics with my students, introducing new generations to great works and ...

Shakespeare created many new words and phrases. You can see a rough list of English words recorded as being first used by Shakespeare here*. You can see our comments underneath Mikuru's entry, below: ...

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 ...

Since 2000, Riverside Theatre in downtown Iowa City has engaged students in the Iowa City School District with the classic works of William Shakespeare through an educational program called “Will ...

In this programme, we continue our short season on William Shakespeare. William Kremer and Yvonne Archer look at Shakespeare's language with the help of our guest, Professor David Crystal. How many ...