Shakespeare’s Easy with No Sweat Shakespeare!

Welcome to No Sweat Shakespeare, the home of modern Shakespeare ebooks, Shakespeare quotes, Shakespeare sonnets, Shakespeare resources and Shakespeare movies, and our random and irreverent Shakespeare Blog!

Our aim is to help students of all ages understand Shakespeare’s language. From translating full Shakespeare plays and short quotes and phrases in to modern English, to providing in-depth articles on Shakespeare’s life and times and Shakespeare essays, we’re here to help make Shakespeare easy and accessible.

Take a browse through the No Sweat Shakespeare website using the Shakespeare navigation bars at the top and right hand side of each page, or click the quick links below to take you to a specific Shakespeare resource article:

Shakespeare Basics: Brush up on some Shakespeare facts, read William Shakespeare’s biography, or see Shakespeare’s life and work in a timeline.

Play Summaries: Read short plot summaries of Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare Quotes: Check out Shakespeare quotes with their modern day translations - from “to be or not to be” to Shakespeare’s best love quotes.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Trouble understanding a sonnet? Read overviews of Shakespeare’s sonnets next to the original.

Shakespeare Ebooks: Shakespeare’s plays as easy ebooks in modern English.

Shakespeare for Kids: Shakespeare for kids - resources aimed at 8-12 year olds.

Shakespeare’s Plays: Read overviews and resources on each of Shakespeare’s plays, or examine Shakespeare’s play types

The Globe Theatre: Everything you wanted to know about Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Shakespeare’s Picture: What did Shakespeare look like? Check out a few pictures and portraits.

Shakespearean Insults: Try insulting someone in Elizabethan English with this list of Shakespeare insults.

Shakespeare’s Characters: Ever wonder which characters appear in which plays? See a complete list of Shakespeare ‘s characters.

Don’t see what you’re after above? Check out the site map for a complete list of the Shakespeare resources available on the site…and if you still can’t find something drop us a line and let us know!