This opens up a whole new world of opportunities for subtle cross-technology flirting. But cyberbullying is real, people… Though when that ends badly at least you can spend your 21st century exile catching up on Serial while missing your girlfriend. Yeah, Balthasar messed up. Instantaneous connection isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be. Too […]
Read MoreSince our recreation of Romeo and Juliet through iMessages and tweets was so popular, we're bringing back digital Shakespeare! Here's what happens when some of your favorite Shakespeare moments meet today's technology.
Read MoreThink you know Shakespeare? Put your knowledge to the test in this quiz! You’ll get four lines of dialogue for eight Shakespeare plays–three of those lines are actually in the play in question, but one of them is an imposter. Spot the lines that don’t belong in these Shakespeare classics for a perfect score! Missed […]
Read MoreTo honor the distance we've come and the things that have stayed the same in the 450 years since Shakespeare was born, we've recreated Romeo and Juliet in iMessages and Tweets. Two of the most famous fictional teenagers of the last four hundred years would have fit right in to our digital universe. If only Juliet got service in the Capulet crypt and Romeo had thought to check his phone.
Read MoreChallenge yourself to this one-of-a-kind jigsaw puzzle, featuring an array of beautiful covers from our New Cambridge Shakespeare collection. Can you reconstruct the covers of seventeen Shakespeare plays? Hit the ghost or image button at the bottom to see how your completed puzzle will look!
Read MoreFor the last 450 years, Shakespeare's plays and poems have inspired hundreds of adaptations across all mediums. Even more so, his language pervades popular culture and continues to influence the literature we read and publish today. The following eight books are great examples of works that take their titles and themes from Shakespeare, keeping the legacy of his classic works alive for a new generation of readers.
Read MoreWilliam Shakespeare turns 450 this April! To celebrate four and a half centuries of his works and legacy, we will be sharing exclusive Cambridge Shakespeare content throughout the entire month. We kick off the celebration with an excerpt from the updated 2nd edition of Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist, the landmark work of Shakespearean scholarship from leading international expert Lukas Erne.
Read MoreIn Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare’s England , a new kind of ethics is at stake—the ethics of the way we eat. Whom we eat with, how we serve, and the way we behave at the table dominates literary history.
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