Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

Shakespeare Day: In Honor of the ‘Bard of Avon’

By Brigid Brown | Posted on April 23rd, 2013

Poet and playwright William Shakespeare is celebrated on April 23 each year, affectionately known as Shakespeare Day, and while today is not a bank holiday (people don’t get the day off of work) in the U.K.

Orlando Bloom Heading to Broadway

By Brigid Brown | Posted on April 1st, 2013

Orlando is already getting his theater on in this snap. (AP)

“O Orlando, Orlando! Wherefore art thou Orlando?” … yes, yes, the actual line is “Romeo” but Orlando Bloom‘s first name just rolls off the tongue so easily.

How Did Anyone Understand Shakespeare At The Time?

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 31st, 2013

William Shakespeare, it is often said, invented a lot of what we currently call the English language. Not just phrases: you’d expect such a ubiquitous and popular writer to have had more than a passing influence over the sayings ...

The Great British Songbook #6: Shakespeare Goes Pop

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 2nd, 2012

A slight deviation from our usual format this week. We won’t be examining American cover versions of British songs, not when we have a proud and patriotic duty to perform.

Did Marlowe Write Marlowe? Professors Answer Readers’ Question

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on November 10th, 2011

Anglophenia recently ran a piece about Shakespeare authorship theories, occasioned by the release of the movie Anonymous, which argues that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford wrote the work normally attributed to William ...

PHOTOS: 10 Famous British Graves

By staff | Posted on November 3rd, 2011

It is fitting that the grave of the Pilgrim's Progress author (who died in 1688) features a carved representation of a pilgrim on its side. Bunyan is interred in London's Bunhill Fields Cemetery, which was designated in the 1660s as a burial ground for Non-Comformist figures (such as Daniel Defoe and Quaker George Fox). (Press Association via AP Images)

On an episode of Whitechapel, BBC America's new crime drama, DI Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) and Buchan (Steve Pemberton) pay a visit to the grave of Mary Kelly, one of Jack the Ripper's victims. That tomb is just one of Britain's best-known final resting places. Take a look at 10 of Britain's most famous graves.