The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is sending out William Shakespeare's First Folio to all 50 states to mark the 400th anniversary of the bard's death.

April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The world will celebrate him as the greatest writer in the history of the English language. But his lasting fame wasn’t ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library marked the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare on April 23, 1616. The program featured actors, community leaders, artists, and scholars sharing ...

In 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare’s death, two of the playwright’s friends published a compilation of his works. Titled Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories & Tragedies ...

After William Shakespeare died, on this date in 1616, his contemporary, Ben Jonson, wrote that “He was not of an age, but for all time.” Johnson was spot on.

William Shakespeare, who was born one of eight children 461 years ago on April ... The annual parade through the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

His characters confront death in ways that reveal universal truths about courage, love, grief, and the meaning of life. Study up on some of his best with these 30 iconic Shakespeare quotes about ...

William Shakespeare’s murder conviction has been overturned Shakespeare was convicted of shooting another man to death outside a Mattapan barbershop in 2016 while the victim's young son looked on.

400 years after his death, William Shakespeare has kept his cool The playwright's work still seeps into pop culture — and resonates with performers of all ages and backgrounds. By Neal Justin ...

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 ...

After William Shakespeare’s death, ... In her 2016 study “The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio,” Oxford literary scholar Emma Smith writes that although the book arrived without any ...