The fact that Shakespeare is the most influential writer in English literature is simply held to be the truth now.

Although they were written more than 400 years ago, the words of William Shakespeare remain timeless. Thanks in large part to ...

To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 narrative poems—capture the range of human emotion and conflict and have ...

William Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most famous writers in human history. The 39 shows attributed to the “Bard of ...

Many of us have tussled online with internet trolls but did you know that trolling has its roots in Ancient Greece?

Who Was Anne Hathaway? A nne Hathaway was the wife of English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. Together, they ...

Two centuries after Shakespeare's death, a lowly law clerk named William Henry Ireland forged the Bard's signature and a seal that convinced skeptics. Hugh Douglas Hamilton / National Portrait ...

In the heart of Warwickshire, located along the banks of the River Avon, lies Stratford-upon-Avon, a town famous for its ...

As Born With Teeth brings a ‘ferociously sexy’ take on literature’s greatest mystery to the West End, we separate the ...

Bard bashing has become something of a national sport, says Robert McCrum, and the latest attempt to rewrite the legacy of our most successful playwright shows a profound misunderstanding of who or wh ...

This remarkable memoir, and history of India after Independence, by one of India’s most distinguished public intellectuals, ...

William Shakespeare’s plays have an undeniable universality, and yet the charity founded to safeguard the work is planning to denigrate it, writes Lara Brown. This sort of cultural vandalism is not in ...