William Shakespeare

April 23 marks the birth and death anniversary of William Shakespeare

Commentary William Shakespeare is called the Immortal Bard not only because his compositions shaped the English language and ...

CHICAGO—After 37 years as artistic director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Barbara Gaines has directed all of Shakespeare’s ...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the initial publication of William Shakespeare’s collected plays, and the Shakespeare ...

CHICAGO—It follows Shakespeare’s plot line, but the revival of “Measure for Measure” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater unfolds in ...

Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is supposed to take place as a dream on a summer night in ...

CEDAR CITY, Utah—We're often repulsed by the laughter of those we believe to be mad. In the Utah ...

Summer is not only a season that people love, but it is also a season when people fall ...

Commentary The "woke" always surprise me with their high boredom threshold, for one would have thought that nothing ...

"They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate ...

With its round amphitheater, The Globe is the most famous playhouse associated with William Shakespeare. But long before ...

For centuries, the plays of William Shakespeare have been celebrated for their larger-than-life storytelling and rhythmic language. Now ...

A radar analysis of Shakespeare's grave reveals his head is likely missing, and researchers say it might have ...

Have investigators found a loophole in Shakespeare's curse?

"To be, or not to be: that is the question." This is the most famous line in all ...

Historian Mark Griffiths claims to have cracked a code in an Elizabethan book on botany, to discover a ...

Clearly, Shakespeare's popularity and global appeal is only growing.

The Shakespeare First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays and the sole source for half ...

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To mark to William Shakespeare's 450th birthday, The Drilling Company members sang his songs in Bryant Park—accompanied by ...

The banks have done all they can, they say, and some borrowers have just stopped paying their mortgages.