William Shakespeare, perhaps Western literature's most renowned contributor, might have enjoyed an occasional hit of cannabis, according to a study published in July by Francis Thackeray, of South ...

Was playwright William Shakespeare stoned when he penned masterpieces like “Hamlet” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? New correspondence published in the South African Journal of Science ...

Every writer has his or her quirks — but was William Shakespeare’s of the herbal variety? Maybe: Tobacco pipes unearthed in the Bard’s backyard contain traces of chemicals found in cannabis ...

S ome centuries-old pipes found in the garden of William Shakespeare still contain traces of cannabis, according to South African scientists who examined the relics with forensic technology.. The ...

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 ...

William Shakespeare sought inspiration by smoking weed in the sort of pipe commonly referred to as a "bong", a South African scientist has claimed. In a paper published in the South African ...

Of the 24 fragments of pipe loaned from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to University of the Witwatersrand, cannabis was found in eight samples, four of which came from Shakespeare's property.

In Sonnet 76, Shakespeare writes about “invention in a noted weed”. This can be interpreted to mean that Shakespeare was willing to use “weed” (cannabis as a kind of tobacco) for creative ...

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, ENGLAND - APRIL 17: An employee of The The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust poses with a portrait of William Shalespeare on April 17, 2009 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, ENGLAND - APRIL 17: An employee of The The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust poses with a portrait of William Shalespeare on April 17, 2009 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.