The director of Hamnet has said she only understood a third of Paul Mescal’s “to be or not to be” speech as William Shakespeare in her new film.

Multiple theories suggest the playwright did not write his most famous works, including Hamlet and Julius Caesar.

Cinema's fascination with The Bard falls into a couple of composite lanes: reverent biopic, speculative, and outright fantasy. The best examples don't try to solve mysteries or answer historical ...

Judi Dench and William Shakespeare are pretty much synonymous with each other. He has played a momentous part in her career, ...

The location of William Shakespeare’s London home where the playwright wrote “Romeo and Juliet” has been identified for the first time, according to new research. Theater historian Geoffrey Marsh ...

The movie is based on real life events, but tells the fictional tale of Shakespeare and the people he loved most in life.

Chloe Zhao's 'Hamnet' is not a folk horror film, but the acclaimed historical drama has more than a few ingredients of the ...

A centuries-old tale that grave robbers stole Shakespeare’s skull from its burial place, has been given new credence by scientists using 21st century technology. Radar scans of the English ...

Shakespeare & Company announced its 2026 season featuring “Hamlet,” “Twelfth Night” and reimagined productions, including ...

To be or not to be: in the case of this portrait, that really is the question. For a window cleaner believes his family could own the only picture of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime.

Live fast, die young and write a pleth’ra of plays and poems. That was the motto William Shakespeare most likely lived by (and may have even scribbled down) nearly four centuries ago in early ...