Shakespeare quotes

How did Shakespeare think about creativity and playwriting? Try out our quiz to learn more.

Enjoy our top five Shakespeare & Beyond blog posts from 2024. Happy reading!

If you’re running out of ways to say, “It’s too hot,” try Shakespeare. Here are over thirty ways to complain about the weather.

As Halloween approaches, we take a look at Shakespeare’s best quotations about fear.

We’re helping you prepare for DC Public Library’s Evil Laugh Contest with some deviously delightful Shakespeare lines you can use in your performance.

These Shakespeare quotes about friendship point to the complexities of relationships between characters in the plays.

The word “love” appears 2,146 times in Shakespeare’s collected works (including a handful of “loves” and “loved”). Add to that 59 instances of “beloved” and 133 uses of “loving” and you’ve got yourself a “whole lotta love.”

Fake quotes have been in the news lately, from the Republican National Committee’s Abraham Lincoln flub to the bogus Winston Churchill quote about supporting funding for the arts during World War II. Such misattribution is familiar to Shakespeare enthusiasts. Every…

Shakespeare has a lot to say about power and politics in his plays. These six quotes touch on what it means to be a king, the power of the law, what separates royal from common, and speaking truth to authority. Folger…

Shakespeare’s plays are filled with fools. How well do you know these clowns and comedians? Take our quiz and test your knowledge.

Test your Shakespeare knowledge and take our quiz!  See if you can identify the play with only the first line to go by. Be warned, it gets harder as you progress …