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21 everyday phrases that come straight from Shakespeare's plays
William Shakespeare wrote a lot of great plays, but he also coined and popularized a lot of words and phrases that we still use to this day.We put together a list of our 21 favorites. Check them...
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Academics claim that Shakespeare was a 'ruthless' businessman who evaded taxes
Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare.But we should, according to a group of academics who said the Bard was a ruthless businessman who grew wealthy...
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'She's the Man' is the greatest modern Shakespearean remake
"She's the Man" is not only an underrated teen comedy, but stands as the greatest Shakespeare adaptation since "10 Things I Hate About You."The 2006 movie stars Amanda Bynes as Viola Hastings — a high...
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A high school teacher is changing the way he grades essays — and it reflects...
"Every student should do the best they can."If you're a grammar purist, that sentence may have made you cringe.Standard English dictates the word "they," a plural pronoun, should never be used to refer...
View ArticleArchitects are recreating Shakespeare’s theater out of shipping containers —...
The legacy of Shakespeare's famous Globe Theater is still around 400 years later. A collection of architects and designers have formed the Container Globe, an effort to build a reconstruction of the...
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Oxford University Press: New edition of Shakespeare's works will co-credit...
LONDON (AP) — Oxford University Press says its new edition of William Shakespeare's works will co-credit Christopher Marlowe on the three Henry VI plays.The decision announced Monday for the upcoming...
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Delta pulled its sponsorship of a Shakespeare play that showed a Trump-like...
Delta Air Lines pulled its sponsorship from New York City's Public Theater on Sunday because one of its plays depicts the assassination of a politician who looks like President Donald Trump.The theater...
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A theater company is using heart monitors to see if Shakespeare shocks...
Is seeing graphic, violent content onstage different than watching it on a screen? The Royal Shakespeare Company is using science to find out.The British theater troupe is currently performing "Titus...
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21 everyday phrases that come straight from Shakespeare's plays
William Shakespeare is most famous for his plays. But he also invented many words and phrases that we still use today in everyday life. We put together a list of our 21 favorites. Check them...
View ArticleTake a look inside the Royal Shakespeare Company's costume workshop — home to...
The Royal Shakespeare Company's costume workshop in Stratford-upon-Avon is home to some of the most famous outfits in British theatre history.There are about 30,000 items inside – worn by Richard...
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21 everyday phrases that come straight from Shakespeare's plays
William Shakespeare wrote a lot of great plays, but he also coined and popularized a lot of words and phrases that we still use to this day.We put together a list of our 21 favorites. Check them...
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Here are the highest paying jobs for English majors
Majoring in English doesn't mean your only career option is to become a writer. There are plenty of well-paying career options for English majors.Two examples of great positions English majors can get...
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Anne Hathaway has a very eerie connection to Shakespeare — and people are...
Recently, people have been buzzing about how Anne Hathaway doesn't seem to have aged at all since "The Princess Diaries" was released in 2001, but now, something even stranger has started making the...
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Two arrested in Iran over production of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's...
Two people have been arrested in Iran over a production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The play's director, Maryam Kazemi, and the manager of the theater that put on the production,...
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How Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' could foretell the revival of the...
In Cynthia Lewis' new book "The game's afoot: A Sports Lover's Introduction to Shakespeare," the author compares the rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics to the age-old feud...
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Are you a fox or a hedgehog? Here's what an ancient saying reveals about your...
The ancient Greek poet Archilochus of Paros wrote, "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."According to a 1953 essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin, thinkers and leaders can be...
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The greatest plays in the English language were written during a pandemic —...
For nine years I've worked at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, but like most "theater people" I've been reading and performing Shakespeare's plays and poems for most of my life.So...
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