It's not every day a man who is arguably the most important writer in the English language turns 450. Mark the occasion by taking home some (or a lot) of his words as party favors.
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First Priority: Fun!
- Words from Shakespearean Insults
- Watch video from comedian John Branyan in Laugh While Learning Shakespeare-Style Words
Go Deeper
- Did Shakespeare Really Coin All Those Words?
- What Shakespeare Knew About the Rhythms of English
- The Original Pronunciation of Shakespeare... in Kansas
- Shakespeare and the Hurricane
- 'Tis Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago, Methinks
- For teachers: No Holds Bard: Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Shakespeare
- For teachers: Shakespearean Idioms: "The Soul of Wit"
Quick Lists
- Macbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy
- Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be”
- Romeo and Juliet Balcony Scene Vocabulary
Comprehensive Vocabulary Lists
- "Hamlet" Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, Act 5
- "Julius Caesar" Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, Act V
- "King Lear" Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, Act 5
- "Macbeth" Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, Act 5
- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, Act 5
- "Othello" Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, Act V
- "Romeo and Juliet" Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, Act 5