William was the third of eight children, though his two elder siblings did not survive childhood. Details of Shakespeare’s schooling are unknown. It is likely that he began his education at the ...

Beware the Ides of March? Charles A. Dana Professor of English Emerita Cynthia Lewis explores how prophets in Shakespeare's ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

Shakespeare!” Olalde announced. They draw, do research and talk about the man whose work has inspired us for centuries. “I only knew, like, like his name was William Shakespeare, that’s the ...

William Shakespeare is widely attributed as the author of 39 plays and 154 sonnets. They are lauded as works of poetic and ...

To be or not to be on schools’ teaching syllabus – that is the question. Despite being widely seen as the greatest writer in the history of the English language, the Scottish Qualifications ...

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare. The play is a comedy, as it contains comical characters and has a happy ending. Themes in Shakespeare’s The Tempest The Tempest is a play by William ...