99 Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare
Wichita Art Museum Trail Walk Path
Truth Will Out • Salad Days •Send Packing • Knock Knock! Who's There? • What The Dickens • Wear My Heart Upon My Sleeve • Bated Breath • The Game Is Up • Love Is Blind • Breathed His Last • Itching Palm • Forever And A Day • Goodness Sake • World's My Oyster • All Our Yesterdays • A Sorry Sight • Pitched Battle • Fancy Free • Elbow Room • Knit Brow • Lie Low • Sea Change • Live Long Day • Break The Ice • Heart Of Gold • Naked Truth • It's High Time • Infinite Space • Full Circle • Fool's Paradise • Sick At Heart • Cold Comfort • Not Slept One Wink • Dead As A Door Nail • In My Mind's Eye • In A Pickle • Wild Goose Chase • What's Done Is Done • All's Well That Ends Well • Eaten Me Out Of House And Home • To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question • Pound Of Flesh • Seen Better Days
[Only the main phrases around the edge of the mural are transcribed]
Look west and you will see a mural painted on the side of a red stucco building. It is comprised entirely of the 52 words and 47 phrases that Shakespeare invented in the English language. It has been painted by Wichita native, Jordan Tarrant, on the building face donated by Dave Burk.
More examples of Jordan's work can be found at jordantarrant.com
For more about Kansas art, please visit WichitaArtMuseum.org
Marker is on 1st Street near Santa Fe Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
