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The Folger Shakespeare Library’s edition of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” published June 2017, is open to Act 5 Scene 2 and includes a glossary of Early Modern English terms featured on each page. Early Modern English is outdated and should be abandoned in modern theater. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Early Modern English ineffective today

By James Bennett, Opinion Columnist | March 17, 2024

Editor’s Note: This column was updated at 10:40 a.m. to clarify Shakespeare was written in Early Modern English. Early Modern English is an incredibly outdated form of language academics and artists need to let fade away. The main problem with Early...