surprisingly little is known about William Shakespeare’s life. For the past four centuries, historians have had the difficult ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

Shakespeare’s parents had been Catholics, and the tension between the new and old religions can be seen in much of his work. William’s father, John Shakespeare, was a member of the borough ...

Even just Googling the name "William Shakespeare," often regarded ... The image links back to an uninspiring and mostly redundant biography of Shakespeare's life on Medium, text befit of a header ...

It is a variant of "the Shakespeare of English prose," which is commonly attributed to Gray, but was the invention of William Mason, Gray's biographer, who "is not rich enough," says Mr. Gosse ...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire. Shortly after Shakespeare's death there was some talk about removing his remains from Stratford ...