Shakespeare Language Comparisons

In these Real Reads retellings of William Shakespeare’s plays, Shakespeare’s original words have been interwoven with new linking text in Shakespearean style. If you are interested in knowing which words are original and which new, click on the titles below – here you will find a version with the original words highlighted in italic. It might be fun to guess in advance which are which!

A Midsummer Night’s Dream language comparison

The Tempest language comparison

Macbeth language comparison

Romeo and Juliet language comparison

Hamlet language comparison

Twelfth Night language comparison