Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past ...

Some theories suggest that poet and playwright William Shakespeare was not the real author of his famous works, including ...

To open its 50th anniversary season, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey chose “Henry IV, Part One,” one of Shakespeare’s history plays. The production, which opens officially tomorrow night at the ...

"Shakespeare in Prague" might seem like something of an oxymoron. But from the early 17th century, when English traveling companies toured continental Europe, through to modern times, the people of ...

On April 23, 1616, -- 404 years ago -- William Shakespeare died. Centuries later, fans around the world honor him and his work with Shakespeare Day. April 23 is also World Book Day. To celebrate the ...

Wikipedia indicates that the current movie Hamnet, based on the 2022 novel by Maggie O’Farrell, is fiction. But one need not resort to Wikipedia to know “Hamnet” is fiction. Though ...

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet explores the family heartbreak and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s ...

You might have heard a lot lately about how Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was quarantined in London during an outbreak of the plague. He didn’t. But what he did do when the theaters closed is ...

Shakespeare and Co., the English-language bookstore just across the Seine River from Notre Dame in Paris, is pretty much everything a bookstore should be. Housed in what was once a 17th-century ...

This year, seeing a live performance of a Shakespearean play will be more than a midsummer night’s dream. Shakespeare Dallas is back at Samuell-Grand Park’s amphitheater in Dallas with a new summer ...

Planning a vacation that appeals to couples, families and other groups with diverse interests and a range of ages is often a challenge, but a new biking adventure through Shakespeare country aims to ...