What hath the Bard wrought? William Shakespeare was a word nerd if we ever saw one, and he's left a legacy of terms and idioms that have since diffused throughout pop culture, writing and colloquial ...

"In a pickle", "with bated breath", or "a wild goose chase" – many of the words and phrases coined by William Shakespeare are still in use today. On the 400th anniversary of the publication of the ...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. While most of us know ...

Like Precalculus and Newton's laws, Shakespeare's plays are among the most groaned-about high school topics, begetting the complaint: "When will I ever need to know about this in real life?" Turns out ...

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 ...

A new two-CD set features music inspired by Shakespeare as well as actors reading his work. Critic Lloyd Schwartz says any excuse to honor the master playwright is a good one. This is FRESH AIR. This ...

William Shakespeare, a linguistic master, shaped the English language with his innovative wordplay. He gifted us common words like 'eyeball,' 'bedroom,' and 'swagger,' enriching our vocabulary. His ...

Though a considerable number of Shakespeare films were made during the silent era, performing a wordless Shakespeare play has generally been unthinkable since. Shakespeare was a poet. He’s remembered ...