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Shakespeare: A Timeless Legacy of Language and Literature

Explore the enduring influence of William Shakespeare, whose works have captivated audiences for centuries and continue to inspire creativity worldwide. Discover fascinating facts and adaptations from stage to screen.

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Shakespeare: A Timeless Legacy of Language and Literature

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  1. Lived about 51 years • Wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets • Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare's death there are 15 million pages referring to him on Google. (FYI - There are 132 million for God, 2.7 million for Elvis Presley, and coming up on Shakespeare's heels, George W Bush with 14.7 million) • Macbeth is considered the most frequently performed play, a production occurs somewhere in the world every 4 hours • His plays have been translated into over 30 different languages and his sonnets over 80 • Shakespeare’s plays are globally produced more often than any other playwright in the history of theatre.

  2. Twelfth Night

  3. Twelfth Night

  4. HAMLET • “Funny Boy” a flop musical inside the musical “The Producers” • “Rockabye Hamlet” • February of 1976…7 performances • Prequel to Hamlet: “Gertrude and Claudius” by John Updike

  5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Movies: Yellow Sky Forbidden Planet Tempest (2002)

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