Explores the world of William Shakespeare and his plays, and describes how his ingenious way with words is still impacting modern language over 400 years later. Highlights common phrases that Shakespeare penned centuries ago that are still used today, and describes what they mean, and the play from which they came.

Provides definitions and explanations pertaining to words, passages and stanzas that are found in the works of William Shakespeare.

"This book is for people who love Shakespeare, or love language, or both. David Crystal, one of the world's foremost authorities on the English language, with his actor son, Ben, have taken a fresh look at the vocabulary of Shakespeare's poems and plays and compiled a glossary of nearly 14,000 words and meanings. They have included every word which presents the reader with difficulty arising out of the differences between Elizabethan and modern English."...