William Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway was 26 when she married the 18-year-old Bard. New findings reveal they may have had ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Shakespeare was our greatest writer of historical fiction. Onto the uninformative spine of a chronicle he sculpted muscle and meaning. Think “Richard III,” ...

Menu Theatre Department’s Approach to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Playwright Biography: William Shakespeare Summary and Analysis of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Adaptations and Contemporary Resonances ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessie Buckley, left, and Paul Mescal in a scene from ‘Hamnet’ (Focus Features) Already stirring up an Oscar buzz, Chloé Zhao’s ...

Scholars have long argued whether the death of Shakespeare's only son Hamnet steered the famed playwright's work into a darker, more tragic direction. Hamnet died at the tender age of 11 in ...

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 ...