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 ...

Before the invention of photography, the appearance of famous and historical figures was documented in statues, paintings, ...

For example, the Chandos portrait that is thought to depict William Shakespeare and from which we form our view of the playwright might not be an accurate representation of him at all. To this day, ...

ANALYSIS John Mac Ghlionn via Religion Unplugged William Shakespeare was born on April 23 and died on that same date — a symmetry that feels fated, even divine. That tendency to perceive patterns of ...

A major mystery surrounding William Shakespeare has been solved following analysis of a 400-year-old letter. For centuries, scholars believed the playwright lived in London while his wife, Anne ...

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

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 ...

The common image of William Shakespeare moving to London and leaving his wife behind in Stratford-upon-Avon might need to be revised following the discovery of a letter in a cathedral archive. William ...

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

As Shakespeare’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon prepares to host its annual day of celebrations, producer Richard Jordan considers the ongoing – and at times fragile – nature of his legacy ...