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For more than 400 years the works of William Shakespeare have inspired and entertained us. You can't make a list like this ...
Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion ...
A lot of people are saying that Shakespeare was a great poet. Well, I write greater than him did, or he — whatever — and I ...
The World Happiness Report indicates the U.S. ranks 24th in global happiness, emphasizing that joy arises from societal relationships and care. Shakespeare's works explore happiness' duality—both ...
Curators are putting together an exhibition that aims to show people how William Shakespeare came to write his plays. The ...
This week on Who What When, we're celebrating the works of William Shakespeare. We’ll see if you can tell real Shakespeare ...
Richard Ellmann’s “James Joyce” is widely regarded as the greatest literary biography of the 20th century, much as some see ...
While it has long been believed that the playwright left his family in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to go work in London, a newly recovered letter to his wife, Anne Hathaway, suggests that the couple ...
When our train arrived at Stratford station, it was still early in the morning. About 150 kilometers northwest of London, in ...
The mystery of Shakespeare's true identity explored through various theories, including the controversial idea of Shakespeare ...
Donald Trump has reportedly directed his sons to dismiss William A. Burck, the Trump Organization's ethics counsel, due to Burck's representation of Harvard University. Trump criticized Harvard as ...
New research examining a fragment of a 17th century letter addressed to “good Mrs Shakspaire” suggests that William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway was happier than previously thought.