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Northwestern University Shakespeare Garden.
Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern University Shakespeare Garden

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.
In <em>The Taming of the Shrew</em>, Petruchio sends plates flying at dinner.
food

In Shakespeare, Food References Are a Window to the Soul

Decoding a character's anger over roast mutton.
Leigh Chavez-Bush December 10, 2018
"Titania and Bottom" by Henry Fuseli.
London, England

'Titania and Bottom'

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.
Posset pot, London, England, probably 1661.
Gastro Obscura

Posset

Consisting of spiced, curdled milk and lots of alcohol, this boozy bedtime drink dates back to the Middle Ages.
Coventry, England

Caludon Castle Ruins

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.
The Droeshout portrait of William Shakespeare.
literature

How Anti-Plagiarism Software Led Scholars to a New Shakespeare Source Text

A thoroughly modern literary excavation.
Natasha Frost February 12, 2018
Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.
Gastro Obscura

Medlars

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.
The fruit that launched a thousand jokes.
food

The Forgotten Fruit That Looks Like an Anus

Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.
Anne Ewbank January 16, 2018
A rendering of the Container Globe in action.
architecture

Staging Shakespeare in Shipping Containers

The "Container Globe" project wants to use modern materials to bring back some of the Bard's 17th-century zing.
Cara Giaimo October 24, 2017
An undated photograph of Aldridge as Othello (cropped).
culture

The 19th-Century African-American Actor Who Conquered Europe

And why you might never have heard of Ira Aldridge.
Natasha Frost August 7, 2017
shakespeare

Found: Evidence of Shakespeare’s Bold Social Climbing

He really wanted that coat of arms.
Sarah Laskow June 30, 2016
On a sunny day
Isle of Iona, Scotland

Iona Abbey

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
literature

8 Places From Shakespeare That You Can Actually Visit

Why just watch a play when you can experience some of his most famous locations for yourself?
Eric Grundhauser April 22, 2016
shakespeare

Why is Shakespeare Still So Popular? For the Same Reason Tolstoy Hated Him

The fact that the Bard's work is so open to interpretation means it can endure.
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie April 22, 2016
shakespeare

You're Missing Shakespeare's Best, Most Sophisticated Boner Jokes

Well, unless you're a reanimated Elizabethan.
Nathalie Lagerfeld April 22, 2016
shakespeare

Gloriously Melodramatic Portraits of 19th-Century Shakespearean Actors

Never was a portrait of more woe than overwrought actors playing Romeo.
Anika Burgess April 22, 2016
libraries

Found: A Forgotten Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio

It was sitting in a library in a Scottish mansion.
Sarah Laskow April 7, 2016
A 2009 production of Henry III.
Ashland, Oregon

Allen Elizabethan Theatre

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.