The Globe isn't the only place to catch a slice of Shakespeare this summer. Image: Shakespeare's Globe/Farelight Productions He may be one of the greatest English language writers ever known ...

The document suggests that Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway had more of a shared life than previously thought. Illustration of William Shakespeare leaving home, bidding farewell to his wife ...

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 ...

LONDON — Fresh analysis by a British scholar of a long-forgotten fragment of a letter addressed to the “Good Mrs Shakspaire” suggests that the renowned playwright William Shakespeare might ...

Shakespeare’s literature is more than mere words on a page. It is a mirror held up to the values and aspirations of our shared humanity, echoing the very essence of the United Nations.

This wasn’t my first rodeo. I had tackled the grueling task of dissecting the themes and literary devices William Shakespeare concocted before. During high school, I was forced to read two of his ...

To be — or most definitely — not to be. Regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, some of William Shakespeare’s work is now viewed by critics as racist, sexist and ...

Everyone from Mark Twain to Keanu Reeves has expressed doubts that Shakespeare was Shakespeare—and the anti-Stratfordians have floated plenty of conspiracy theories about the Bard’s “true ...

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different. By Amelia Nierenberg ...

Mr. Lichtenberg is the artistic producer at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington. Earlier this month, theater lovers in the Bay Area got some very bad news. California Shakespeare Theater ...

Tosh is Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe, London. He is the author of Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare Where should we look for an LGBTQ+ icon from the ...