An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF)—southern Oregon’s 80-year-old annual theatrical extravaganza—would be commissioning playwrights to “translate” all of ...

“Iconoclastic” as I am thought to be on race, I have been struck by how equally unexpected one view of mine has been considered: that much of Shakespeare’s language is impossible to comprehend ...

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 ...

John McWhorter is a contributing editor for The New Republic. "Iconoclastic" as I am thought to be on race, I have been struck by how equally unexpected one view of mine has been considered: that much ...

This week marks the 452nd anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare as well as the 400th anniversary of his death. Both of these monumental events occurred in the English village of ...

I’ve met Shakespeare’s ghost. The encounter was more drudgery than mystery, I’m afraid. Twenty years ago, my doctoral supervisor casually informed me that I would need to read every tragedy written in ...