Rosalyn Sklar looks at Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy on the 400th anniversary of its first publication.
Robert Burton Burton Depression melancholy Hamlet Merchant of Venice As You Like ItKanlaya Coulsting explains what drew her to a particular translated passage from The Merchant of Venice.
Kanlaya Coulsting Merchant of Venice Translating ShakespeareTwenty Shakespeare fans had an unforgettable experience last week as part of a special fundraising trip to Venice.
Merchant of VenicePortia's reference to a ‘deep glass’ in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice suggests something like this, a remarkably fine and well preserved example of a sixteenth-century berkemeier.
Peter Hewitt Merchant of Venice Shakespeare in 100 Objects