Shakespeare's plays are known for their universal themes and insight into the human condition. Yet much about the playwright ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Shakespeare’s time, some critics and scholars have been unable to believe that a country boy from Stratford-Upon-Avon, who ...

By the time he reappears again, mentioned in a London pamphlet, Shakespeare has made his way to London without his family and is already working in the theatre. Having gained recognition as an actor ...

We define bardolatry as the excessive admiration for William Shakespeare’s life and works. It’s quite a recent phenomenon, all things considered. No one was mobbing his wife Anne, the press wasn’t ...

"On Monday 11 May 1612, William Shakespeare gave evidence in a lawsuit at the Court of Requests of Westminster. His statement, or deposition, was taken down by a clerk of the court, writing in an ...

Red Bull Theater has revealed details for the rolling World Premiere of How Shakespeare Saved My Life, an epic poem told by Jacob Ming-Trent with verse rhyme and song. Jacob tells us how Shakespeare ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of William Shakespeare, and almost everything known about him comes from sparse parish records ...

For centuries, William Shakespeare’s life in London has carried a strange gap that historians could never fully close. People ...

Looking for the traces of psychology, spirituality, and philosophy in the works of great writers and poets started in the early 20th century when the legendary Shakespearean critic A.C. Bradley began ...

The hidden document draws heavily from an obscure 17th-century Italian religious tract called The Last Will and Testament of the Soul. In it, the writer commits to dying a good Catholic death. If John ...