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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.