English Rewind - 6 Minute English: Shakespeare in plain English

📻 The language of Shakespeare's plays can be difficult, but is it a good idea to rewrite his plays in simple English? Listen to experts talking about Shakespeare while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of 6 Minute English. Are you a fan of Shakespeare? Would you like to watch a Shakespeare play in simple English? Join the conversation in the comments 👇👇👇

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ commission - pay writers for their work
✔️ translations - words that have been changed to another language
✔️ plain - (here) simple, easy
✔️ globe - world
✔️ struck - to have strong feeling or impression
✔️ multifarious - many different types
✔️ the sense - the general meaning
✔️ pace - the speed at which something is done

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of 6 Minute English was first published on the BBC Learning English website in October 2015.

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[bbclearningenglish]

Are you a fan of Shakespeare? Would you like to watch a Shakespeare play in simple English? 🎭

[nxnayeem]

I have learned advanced level English by watching your videos

[MarianaGutierrez-omxo]

what a nice video!!! I love all about Shakespare! Thanks to show us your culture!

[AhmedAl-MukhtarAgadarAdkshk]

Very nice. Because of following your programs, I learned a lot of the English language

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[cactus]

No profit grows where is no pleasure taken. ｰ We can get a lot out of Shakespeare.📝👓️

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[mrmoonrose]

Andrew Dickinson bro very slow speak please. You very fast speaking

[carasau]

Not once do these successful American public figures ever talk about culture, books, and similar topics..

[dominicsoore]

I enjoy Shakespeare work particularly Romeo and Juliet

[zafaralishah]

Hello Neil. I love your voice and the way you speak as much as I used to like the late Tony Greig, a South African cricket commentator. Happy teaching English.

[estcharles]

really interesting and complete to learn a bit about Shakespeare

[المتفائلدائما-صي]

I was studying William Shakespeare at college for four years, in fact difficult words, Novels, poems poetry, , ....I was more difficult find translating of the words in dictionary, because we didn't have net.2002 ..