William Shakespeare, renowned playwright and poet, died on April 23, 1616. Four hundred years later, a large crowd gathered Saturday in Harvard Square to read aloud all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets in ...

This month marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The Bard of Avon died suddenly on April 23, 1616, at the age of 52. The cause remains a mystery, though there was ...

Your love and pity doth th’ impression fill Which vulgar scandal stamped upon my brow; For what care I who calls me well or ill, So you o’ergreen my bad, my good allow? You are my all the world, and I ...

“To be or not to be,” said Hamlet, prince of Denmark, “that is the question.” Yesterday, Hamlet’s creator was; today, he is not. Of that there is no question. The poet, playwright, actor and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Writer and performer Melinda Hall will present “Shakespeare’s Funeral: An Illustrated Lecture” at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 15) at The Anvil in the former University Church, 320 ...

Four centuries after William Shakespeare's death, he persists as a vital presence in the English language: His plays continue to draw enthusiastic audiences, his sonnets still sell, and his words have ...