His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, ...

Having gained recognition as an actor and playwright Shakespeare had clearly ruffled a few feathers along the way – contemporary critic, Robert Green, described him in the 1592 pamphlet as an ...

The research serves as a counterpoint to an older narrative that imagines William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway mostly living ...

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 ...

William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway may have been happier than previously thought, according to new research.

For more than 400 years the works of William Shakespeare have inspired and entertained us. You can't make a list like this ...

To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 narrative poems—capture the range of human emotion and conflict ...

In the 17th century, the Bard's plays were preserved for posterity in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios. Now, all ...

Get our free Book Pages newsletter about bestsellers, authors and more The life story of William Shakespeare ... The book’s publisher was Shakespeare’s Stratford neighbor Richard Field, who was also ...

The umpteenth attempt to make Shakespeare 'cool' exchanges the original, classic language for forgettable pop songs and ...

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month. Sotheby’s auction house announced the ...