WordPlay™ Shakespeare

Now, Half the Page is a Stage...

A-Hoyden, Me Maties!

The Winter's Tale

The first reviews are coming out for
Theater for a New Audience's The Winter's Tale, and this one from The New York Times is strongly favorable. Beyond its careful parsing of the production and performance, New York Times writer Jesse Green picks out some Shakespeare linguistic gems (the neologism bed-swerver for unfaithful wife) and also casually uses the word Hoyden — which apparently means a boisterous girl.