William Sutton shares his rare achievement of memorizing all 154 Shakespeare's sonnets

NPR | By Elissa Nadworny

Published June 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM EDT

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Modern life has fried our attention spans. Could flexing our long term memory muscles help? NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to actor William Sutton, who knows all 154 Shakespearian sonnets by heart.

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Elissa Nadworny

Elissa Nadworny is an NPR Correspondent, covering higher education.