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What does Shakespeare mean to you?

This weekend, 400 years after his death, Shakespeare was commemorated all over the world. This in itself is a testament to the legacy left by the playwrite, who is recognised and loved by all. Our Shakespeare...

26 Apr 2016

Surveying the Land of Shakespeare

In their own idiosyncratic ways, academic Shakespeare journals are a way of charting the history of the analysis of Shakespeare’s legacy. Shakespeare Survey, the journal I edit for Cambridge University...

Peter Holland | 25 Apr 2016

Shakespeare’s Everyday Legacy

Michelle M. Dowd looks at how Shakespeare tackled the everyday issue at the time, and how that adds to his legacy today.

Michelle M. Dowd | 24 Apr 2016

The book as performance: Shakespeare and the book arts today

Shakespeare’s works have provided fertile ground for reimagining the nature of the book, from illustration, to typography, to format, to binding, to other aspects of physical form. The various forms...

Alan Galey | 23 Apr 2016

National Security and the 2016 Election

Ronald R. Krebs explores if Donald Trump is the exception or the rule in the election’s national security discussion

Ronald R. Krebs | 21 Apr 2016

Shakespeare in 2416

Why has Shakespeare remained relevant over the past 400 years? And is his popularity dwindling? Will Cambridge University Press be acknowledging the 800th anniversary of his death as we have Some scholars...

21 Apr 2016

Shakespeare, Women, and History

Fiona Ritchie explores how women connect with the works of Shakespeare and have used them to make their voices heard throughout the ages

Fiona Ritchie | 20 Apr 2016

Cambridge University Press Staff Weighs in on their Favorite Shakespearean Works

It should not be a big surprise that over at Cambridge University Press, we love Shakespeare on both sides of the ocean! We asked our staff: What is your favorite Shakespeare play…and why?   Morten...

19 Apr 2016

An Extra Mixed-up Midsummer Night’s Dream

A comedy of errors gets even more complicated!

18 Apr 2016

Shakespeare through the Ages

Gail Marshall, author of Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century and Shakespeare and Victorian Women explores why Shakespeare is still so embedded in our culture and has been through the ages...

Gail Marshall | 17 Apr 2016

Hamlet as a Lion Cub, Duke Orsino as a Guitar-Toting Roustabout–Shakespearean Stories Updated for the Modern Audience

Shakespeare’s stories and characters have time and again been reimagined for modern audiences. Sometimes the inspiration is obvious, while others require a bit of thinking. Do you think that Shakespeare...

16 Apr 2016

Shakespeare – Alive at 452

Paul Franssen explores what Shakespeare's take on current world issues such as war might have been if he were still here today...

Paul Franssen | 14 Apr 2016