hell yer they did: eat me hell yer they did: eat me
Brevity is the soul of wit
Shakespeare wrote plays. And when you write plays you include directions to the actors. When to get off the stage is one such direction.
The black verse that Shakespeare employed is the most similar to English speech, and Shakespeare also wrote many passages in common prose, especially with common or comic characters. The Elizabethans did use the words, phrases, and sentence structures that Shakespeare presents, and even though Elizabethans went in for puns and wordplay, Shakespeare's dialogue does enhance and embellish this tendency.
"Words, words, words." You would find a nifty picture of Shakespeare by Droushout, a list of the actors who played in Shakespeare's plays from time to time, some complimentary verses about Shakespeare by Ben Jonson and others and the texts for thirty-six plays, divided into Histories, Comedies and Tragedies. But why take my word for it? Why not go to the related link which is to a copy of the First Folio and have a look yourself?
Why do you see the word "Exit" on illuminated signs above doors? Because "Exit" means "he leaves" in Latin. It marks the way out. In theatre, an exit is when someone leaves. "Players" are people playing a part in a play, or in other words, actors. The words "The players exit" meaning that the actors leave the stage are found in the writing of Shakespeare's day because Shakespeare wrote in Modern English, the same as you do when you wrote this question.
Shakespeare's plays contain around 31,000 different words.
Shakespeare is credited with creating over 1,700 words in the English language.
t do the words comic, tourist, eagle, and kayak have in common
Some of the words which were first noted in Shakespeare's work are eyeball, assassination and puke. The attached link has a long list of words that he has invented on it.
shakespeare used 31534 words and we use over 60, 000
Shakespeare is estimated to have created around 1,700 words in the English language.
pictures and words. aka comics ;)