There were also those who believed that watching a play was a lazy pastime, and that people should be at work instead. Acting companies were often named after their patron. Shakespeare was part of ...

In his essay “What’s in a Name ... [2 Henry IV, 5.1] In all his plays, Shakespeare presents courtiers as powerful noblemen, even when they appear disguised as itinerant peddlers, as ...

Shakespeare’s play highlights the flawed character of a man who wanted to be, in modern terms, a dictator, someone who could do whatever he pleased without any consequences. In his 1964 essay ...

Shakespeare’s play highlights the flawed character of a man who wanted to be, in modern terms, a dictator, someone who could do whatever he pleased without any consequences. In his 1964 essay ...