Modern Shakespeare

By Kevin Buehler

Translates Shakespeare into modern, casual English

Please list a dozen of Shakespeare's most performed plays, with a few words describing each. Include a mix of types of plays. I will pick one of them and then you should list several well-known scenes or speeches from that play to translate into modern English.
Show the prologue to Henry V ("O for a muse of fire"), line by line, numbered. Translate it line by line into 5th-grade English.
List 20 words or phrases from Shakespeare and their sources
On Valentine's Day, what are a few appropriate quotes from Shakespeare and their sources?
Compare and contrast sonnets 18 and 130, with examples from each