William Shakespeare (1564–1616), who needs no introduction on a poetry page, was considered the greatest English poet — and perhaps one of the greatest poets of any language — to put pen to paper. The ...

Academics have claimed that William Shakespeare was “definitely bisexual” following a fresh analysis of his sonnets. As part of their study, Professor Sir Stanley Wells and Dr Paul Edmondson ...

Researchers said the added lines "potentially transform" the sonnet from "a meditation on romantic love into a powerful political statement." A rare handwritten copy of William Shakespeare's famous ...

An oil painting dated 1609 that is the portrait engraved by Martin Droeshout for the First Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays published in 1623. Heritage Images/Corbis The life and plays of William ...