Some theories suggest that poet and playwright William Shakespeare was not the real author of his famous works, including ...

There’s a brilliant moment in the BBC comedy Upstart Crow when Shakespeare – played by David Mitchell – defends his work as a comic writer by saying, ‘If you do your research my stuff is actually ...

The Taming of the Shrew” and “Much Ado About Nothing” are each difficult shows to stage in the modern day. Directors confronted the challenges in divergent ways.

“All’s Well That Ends Well” is considered by scholars of Shakespeare one of his “problem plays.” It falls somewhere between comedy and drama — though it’s categorized in his canon as a comedy. The ...

Imagine Charles Dickens happens to run into William Shakespeare in an out-of-the-way London pub late on a snowy Christmas Eve ...

Jessie Buckley is back in the spotlight thanks to her critically acclaimed performance in the historical drama Hamnet.

William Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most famous writers in human history. The 39 shows attributed to the “Bard of Avon” have been performed, adapted, and studied innumerable times in the ...

LONDON – A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month. Sotheby’s auction house ...

Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past depictions — and how they did when it came to the Oscars.

When they were originally produced in the 1600s, many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed in an open-air amphitheater called The Globe in London. We can still see blue skies when we watch ...