In 1757, nearly 150 years after William Shakespeare’s death, a pamphlet was found in the rafters of his childhood home. Handwritten and signed by a ‘J. Shakespeare,’ the document was a ...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire. Shortly after Shakespeare's death there was some talk about removing his remains from Stratford ...

In 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare's death, a compilation of 36 of his plays were published together in one volume. No more than 750 copies of this 'First Folio' were printed and today ...

After Shakespeare’s death in 1616 his prestigious company of ... the King’s Men were named as – Lawrence Fletcher, William Shakespeare, Richard Burbage, Augustine Phillips, John Heminges ...

But which of William Shakespeare’s plays do twenty ... we marked the celebrations around the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by asking the public to vote on what they thought ...