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Showing posts with label William Shakespeare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Shakespeare. Show all posts
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Henry V - Speech at Agincourt - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day

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ON THIS DAY 25 OCTOBER   The Battle of Agincourt was one of the greatest English victories in the Hundred Years' War. It took place o...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Shakespeare Exhibition to Mark the 400th Anniversary of His Death Held at Windsor Castle

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  From Royal Central With the 400th anniversary of playwrighter William Shakespeare’s death, Queen Elizabeth is marking the occasion wi...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Shakespeare Not Required Reading for Most Literature Grads in US

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O n this the day on which the greatest writer in the English language was born and died, it is shocking to learn that fewer than 8 percen...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Shakespeare Project Posts All Shakespeare Sonnets to YouTube

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I t is no doubt providential that William Shakespeare was born and died on April 23, the Feast of Saint George, patron of England.   And ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Shakespeare in the Digital Age

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From The Wall Street Journal By Joel Henning Great Hall, Folger Shakespeare Library T here are 232 surviving First Folios of the works ...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Shakespeare's Original Pronunciation

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A very interesting explanation of how many linguistic treasures in the sonnets and plays of Shakespeare have been lost due to changes in p...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

"The Story of English: A Muse of Fire" with Robert MacNeil

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T his third episode of Robert MacNeil's history of the English language considers the enormous influence of Shakespeare, the "grea...
Saturday, August 9, 2008

Bard was a Catholic: New book

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From CathNews I n a newly published book , American scholar Joseph Pearce concludes that William Shakespeare was a Catholic. Projo.com ...