William Shakespeare's four folios ... The books, which compile Shakespeare's plays, will go on sale at Sotheby's in London on May 23, a month after the Bard's birthday on April 23. Picture: Getty The ...

Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion ...

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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 ...

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to $6 million at auction ...

Celebrating William Shakespeare's 461st birth anniversary, his timeless works and unique portrayal of historical figures are highlighted.

Dan Brown shares his favourite books—from a Shakespearean classic to gripping reads on cryptology, cognition, and ...

New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare's marriage - suggesting it may have been less fractious than previously suggested. The wordsmith, it has long been ...

the farmhouse where the wife of William Shakespeare lived as a child, is in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, about 1 mile west of Stratford-upon-Avon (Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway may have been happier than previously thought, according to new research. It has been long believed that the playwright left his wife behind when ...

Shakespeare season starts early this year. Summertime is usually when “The Bard” fever kicks in, with outdoor productions of William Shakespeare plays throughout Connecticut. A couple of ...

A lot of people are saying that Shakespeare was a great poet. Well, I write greater than him did, or he — whatever — and I can prove it. The Chandos portrait, an oil portrait thought to depict William ...