Shakespeare's plays are known for their universal themes and insight into the human condition. Yet much about the playwright ...

Editor’s Note: This article is one in a series of responses to Elizabeth Winkler’s article, “Was Shakespeare a Woman?,” in the June issue of the magazine. One reason speculation has taken this turn is ...

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When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By James Shapiro THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By Lena Cowen Orlin Much of the evidence ...

In the final act of “The Tempest,” the wizardly Prospero may have drowned his book of spells. But of making books about Shakespeare there is no end. In particular, a set of questions about the ...

How do you tell the story of the world’s greatest literary career when the literary part is a gaping hole, “a jigsaw puzzle for which most of the pieces are missing,” as one scholar put it? You get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Shakespeare's time, some critics and scholars have been unable to believe that a country boy from Stratford-Upon-Avon, who ...

A secret parchment has resurfaced, rewriting the Bard’s sketchy family history.

The drama starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley blends facts about the Bard with fiction.

Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23 will be marked by an extraordinary relay. Over 24 hours, 60 groups of youngsters from New Zealand to Hawaii will enact excerpts from his plays. As part of this ...

Like the 2020 Maggie O'Farrell novel that inspired it, the movie blends documented elements of Shakespeare's family life with fictional events to illustrate the hazards of 16th century England. But ...