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A few of the words

GLOBE
The original Globe Theater was built in 1599 on the south bank of the Thames using timber salvaged from an earlier playhouse — and Shakespeare himself was a part-owner.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SOLILOQUY
Hamlet's 'To be, or not to be' is perhaps the most famous soliloquy ever written — a character thinking aloud as though the audience simply isn't there.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
IAMBIC
Shakespeare wrote most of his verse in iambic pentameter — ten syllables per line with a da-DUM heartbeat rhythm that mirrors natural English speech.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
FALSTAFF
The rotund, roguish Sir John Falstaff charmed audiences so thoroughly in Henry IV that legend holds Queen Elizabeth herself requested a play showing him in love — inspiring The Merry Wives of Windsor.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Shakespeare word search — free and large-print. Roam the Globe, hear a soliloquy, and feel the pull of tragedy and comedy alike.

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For over four hundred years, the plays of William Shakespeare have held the stage with an almost magnetic grip — tragedies that crack the heart, comedies that send the gallery into laughter, and histories that make kings feel mortal. He wrote in a London alive with plague bells and river smells, where the Globe Theater's open roof let in the same sky that fell on groundlings and nobility together. His sonnets — 154 of them, exploring love, time, and beauty — are among the most memorized lines in the English language, and his characters still feel like people you might know.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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