With more hits on Google than Elvis or Lindsay Lohan, Shakespeare is officially an internet celebrity. Check out our best-of-the-web collection of Shakespeare-inspired videos, below.

 

 


Watch the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams feature on Chicago Public School students and teachers “acting out” in CPS A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chicago Shakespeare


Actor Brian Cox attempts to teach Shakespeare’s most famous soliloquy to Theo, age 2 1/2.


"We Are Just Like Romeo and Juliet"—Mary Lane (Kristen Bell) is wooed in Shakespearean style by Jimmy Harper (Christian Campbell) in this musical number.


The Improvised Shakespeare Company helps Navy Pier visitors "Talk Like Shakespeare".


The Beatles do Shakespeare—John, Paul, Ringo and George portray Shakespeare’s benighted mechanicals, performing their play, in this scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.


Shakespearean Who’s On First—A new (old) take on Abbott & Costello’s classic comedy routine, performed by David Foubert and Jay Leibowitz.


A "B," or Not A "B"—Patrick Stewart gets Shakespearean for education in this variation on the Bard’s most famous monologue, on Sesame Street.



The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s somewhat confused biography of William Shakespeare.



A quick highlight of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s productions throughout the years.