Did You Know/ This Day in History/Dictionary of William Shakespeare- a primer to his words

April 26th

On This Day in History: William Shakespeare born three days before was baptize in Holy Trinity Church according to its records.

Did You Know …

William Shakespeare  coined the phrase “the beast with two backs” to mean sex/intercourse in Othello.

Shakespeare invented the word assassination.

Shakespeare dabbled in property development. At 18 in Stratford upon Avon he bought The New Place followed by land at a later date.

Shakespeare, one of the greatest playwrights of all history never attended any sort of university.

The Dictionary of William Shakespeare:

To help you start to understand Shakespeare and his works here is a small list of words used by Shakespeare in his plays:

ABATE
to shorten, to cast down, to blunt
ABATEMENT
diminution
ABHOR
protest; disgust
ABIDE
to sojourn to expiate
ABRIDGEMENT
a short play
ABROOK
to brook, abide
ABSEY-BOOK
a primer

Steven

Steven Van Overbeke is an Associate Editor of The Shakespeare Standard and is a 2010 graduated of Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa, with a double major in Business and Theatre Arts. He currently resides in Forest City, Iowa.

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