The Shakespeare Ladies Club worked to restore the playwright's reputation 300 years ago.

Lion cub Simba and the melancholic Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, have much more in common than you might think.

William Shakespeare, a celebrated English playwright, poet, and actor, authored 39 plays and 154 sonnets exploring universal themes. His enduring masterpieces, like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, ...

The award-winning novel and Oscar-nominated film examine how grief can affect a family ...

Shakespeare's genius in writing and storytelling leads many to assume that the ideas behind his creations sprang up like the goddess Athena, fully formed and ready to take on the world. But even the ...

Ann Keay Beneduce, Author, William Shakespeare, Author, Gennady Spirin, Author Philomel Books $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-22764-6 Prospero-like in their artistry, Spirin's dazzling watercolors dominate ...

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 ...

The "Chandos Portrait" of Shakespeare–dating to c.1600 and one of only two that may have been painted from life–is thought to be the work of the playwright's "intimate friend" John Taylor of the ...

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.

LOS ANGELES, March 15 (Reuters) - Jessie Buckley won her first Academy Award on Sunday, claiming the best actress trophy for ...

Is this the Bard I see before me? That’s what botanist and historian Mark Griffiths believes. He says that a drawing of a man on the cover of a 1598 book about plants is a picture of William ...