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Five moons of Uranus

Why the moons of Uranus are named after characters in Shakespeare

Twenty-five of Uranus’ 27 moons are named for characters in Shakespeare’s plays. Why?

Why the moons of Uranus are named after characters in Shakespeare

As You Dislike It

As You Dislike It

Shakespeare in Blackface

Shakespeare in Blackface

Olivier Had It Wrong: Shakespeare’s Original Pronunciation

Olivier Had It Wrong: Shakespeare’s Original Pronunciation

How Shakespeare Came Alive for Me — and Stays Alive Today

How Shakespeare Came Alive for Me — and Stays Alive Today

Inside "Sleep No More"

The immersive play based on “Macbeth” may be the longest-running Shakespeare adaptation ever. 

Inside "Sleep No More"

Aha Moment: I Am Hamlet

How Studio 360 listener Jeff House learned to love Shakespeare after watching his own life unfold on stage.

Aha Moment: I Am Hamlet

Shakespeare in Blackface

The history of Shakespeare in America is deeply entwined with racial conflicts.

Shakespeare in Blackface

How Shakespeare Came Alive for Me — and Stays Alive Today

Shakespeare shouldn’t be lost on anyone, but how much should the text be changed?

How Shakespeare Came Alive for Me — and Stays Alive Today

Olivier Had it Wrong: Shakespeare’s Original Pronunciation

What if Hamlet didn’t sound like a proper English bloke, but more like someone from the American South?

Olivier Had it Wrong: Shakespeare’s Original Pronunciation

Inside "Sleep No More"

The immersive play based on “Macbeth” may be the longest-running Shakespeare adaptation ever. 

Inside "Sleep No More"

Is Kobe Bryant's 'Dear Basketball' a Reimagining of Shakespeare's Final Soliloquy?

Kobe and Prospero, from "The Tempest," say goodbye to their powers in remarkably similar terms. Coincidence?

Is Kobe Bryant's 'Dear Basketball' a Reimagining of Shakespeare's Final Soliloquy?

Smart Programs Read Shakespeare

Researchers at MIT think the secret to artificial intelligence might not be processing power, but storytelling.

Smart Programs Read Shakespeare
Tim Hankins helps maintain All Saints Church in Aldwincle, England. Poet John Dryden was born in Aldwincle and baptized in the church.

English might not have become quite so popular, if a 17th-century poet had his way

Back in the 17th century, there was a move to create rules for English, based on Latin. The man behind it, poet John Dryden, thought that Shakespeare and others had turned English into an unruly mess. Dryden failed to establish an English "academy" to impose rules. And that failure may have helped make English the worldwide language it is today.

English might not have become quite so popular, if a 17th-century poet had his way
Shakespeare's Alvearie

Shakespeare's fountain of brilliant words: Has it been found?

Two rare-book dealers in New York claim to have found Shakespeare's personal copy of a popular 1580 dictionary.

Shakespeare's fountain of brilliant words: Has it been found?