Bard of Avon

If it's haints and witches and creatures of the night you want, then the Bard of Avon is your man.

unknown title 2009

Then came the kicker: To quell the vicious Twitter-ribbing she was receiving, Palin unleashed yet another tweet comparing herself to no less than the Bard of Avon.

Palin invents word 'refudiate,' compares herself to Shakespeare 2010

Then came the kicker: To quell the vicious Twitter-ribbing she was receiving, Palin unleashed yet another tweet comparing herself to no less than the Bard of Avon.

Palin invents word 'refudiate,' compares herself to Shakespeare 2010

Remember: 400 years ago, Shakespeare was pop culture, and Miller is convinced the Bard of Avon "would have liked the satirical side of The Simpsons."

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: James Barbour, MacHomer, Uncle Vanya 2009

As to the differences between the professor's and the cops' version of events, I confess I've been wary of taking Henry Louis Gates at his word ever since, almost two decades back, the literary scholar compared the lyrics of the rap group 2 Live Crew to those of the Bard of Avon.

Mark Steyn's white pride 2009

The plot borrows as freely from Hitchcock and Henry James as from the Bard of Avon, and doesn't make scrupulous sense, though I'd have to see the film again, which I won't do, to make sure it doesn't cheat.

'Class' Goes to the Head of Docudrama 2009

Mona Woolner wrote a syndicated newspaper column on English usage in which she found fault with the grammar, spelling, and punctuation of everybody from the Bard of Avon to the Royal family of Great Britain.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

Mona Woolner wrote a syndicated newspaper column on English usage in which she found fault with the grammar, spelling, and punctuation of everybody from the Bard of Avon to the Royal family of Great Britain.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

Burbage, Henslowe and other theatrical managers, were ever on the lookout for plays to suit cash customers, and of course, the Bard of Avon had first call, because his plays went on the various stages like a torchlight procession, while those of his so-called compeers, struggled through the acts and scenes with only the flicker and sputter of tallow dips of dramatic thought.

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce

Beautiful as were the visions of Juliet and Rosalind which floated before the mind of the Bard of Avon, it may be doubted if they excelled Miss Helen

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various