There Is No Escaping Shakespeare | The New York Times

Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his influence on language and culture remains.

Produced by: Louis Bayard, Robin Stein, and Taige Jensen

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There Is No Escaping Shakespeare | The New York Times

[donna]

Shakespeare explores all aspects of the human psyche - that is why he will always be relevant and modern. And plus the man invented 25% of the English language. He rocks 🤘🏼

[OxfordCommaEducation]

Have returned this video many times over the years when I introduce Shakespeare in the classroom. Thanks for creating it!

[agenttheater]

No matter how far you run or how well you hide, you cannot escape the Bard. he might have to drag you kicking and screaming, but sooner or latter you'll learn to appreciate his words and the stories he tells.

[vashna]

Shakespeare never set foot out of England yet you’d think he’d traveled the world.

[paulkenneally]

Shakespeare’s plays performed around the world...Soweto to London, Havana to Tokyo.. a man who hardly travelled...brilliant from Middle England.

[tylervidekovich]

Shakespeare is the main influencer in most, if not, all entertainment we have today.

[giovannacampara]

When I saw Star Trek I swear my heart leaped

[zetmanstube]

He was also mentioned in a few video games.

[howdyyall]

I love this video! Thank you and God bless 💓

[LittleOmega]

Shakespeare, I've heard, was heavily influenced by ancient Greek tragedies, but he added the element of collateral damage.

[JaydenSims-sb]

blud we gotta do this for an assignment

[bigboyjohn-kf]

everyone here are either students or teachers

[graceebenezer]

Guys, I have to finish my assignment. The topic is 'Modern day reaction to William Shakespeare'. Can you give your thoughts pls?

[paulkenneally]

Shakespeare’s plays performed around the world...Soweto to London, Havana to Tokyo.. brilliant from Middle England.

[spkz_]

I had to watch this video for my English class

[wreadit]

why do we still study Shakespeare today? Its for my English homework

[eliburrowes]

What if Shakespeare only became relevant because we taught him more than any other playwrite?

[jonneiss]

lots of great Shakespeare quotes for Valentine's Day, from Folger Shakespeare Library.

[markorollo.]

I don't know if they were thinking of "alas poor yorrick" with the Chewbacca and c3p0's head scene but I'm embarrassed as a big star wars fan to have not noticed that

[stormhawk]

Not bad from the son of a glove maker who never set foot out of England and died over 400 years ago.