"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 ...

“A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet.” These wise words came from William Shakespeare, the “Bard of Avon.” Born in 1564, in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. He is considered England’s greatest ...

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 ...

William Shakespeare invented many words but some were more successful than others(Universal History Archive/Getty Images) From 'bump' to 'zany', Shakespeare is ...

Who invented “yo mama” jokes? It’s not the kind of question people concern themselves with, and we don’t blame you. (Though, ...

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 ...

Assassination, bedazzled, lonely, rant, scuffle, zany: These are just a few of the 1,700 words we traditionally credit to Shakespeare. Some, like elbow, seem like they should have always existed in ...

No one did it like The Bard, so it's no surprise that some myths about him and his writing have seeped into our culture over ...

The federal government has invested nearly $100,000 to bring Shakespeare to the stage—only without the legendary playwright’s words. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and its state agency the ...