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

While it has long been believed that the playwright left his family in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to go work in London, a ...

A new letter suggests that William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway had more of solid marriage and shared life than ...

There have been a lot of writers since the 16th century. But there's only one Bard. William Shakespeare, who was born one of eight children 461 years ago on April 23, 1564, lived just 52 years. But in ...

The relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway may have been happier than previously thought, according to new research.For more than 200 years it has been believed that ...

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

To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and ...

Another big-screen take on the Bard dumbs down classic literature, prioritizes its simpleminded pop music soundtrack.

Although they were written more than 400 years ago, the words of William Shakespeare remain timeless. Thanks in large part to ...

His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, has remained an elusive figure. He left behind little documentation — no ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...