William Joyce William Joyce William Brooke Joyce (24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born, Anglo-Irish Fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the United Kingdom during World War II. He took German citizenship in 1940. He was convicted of one count of high treason in 1945 and sentenced to death. The Court of Appeal and the House of Lords upheld his conviction. He was hanged on 3 January 1946, making him the last person to be executed for treason in the United Kingdom. (Theodore Schurch was hanged the following day, but for the crime of treachery
Phrases from Hamlet in common English 2: Act III, Scene 4: Act III, Scene 4: Act IV, Scene 4: Act V, Scene 1: Act V, Scene 2: "Major links:" "Minor links:" Phrases from Hamlet in common English William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" has contributed many phrases to common English, from the famous "To be, or not to be" to a few less known, but still in everyday English. Also, some occur elsewhere, such as the Bible, or are proverbial. A few, listed out ("Note: all are second quarto except as noted"): Act I, scene 1: Act I, scene 2: Act I, scene 3: Act I, scene 4: