Every age, after his own, has gone in search of Shakespeare. The first biography was written in 1709 by Nicholas Rowe. Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not ...

I know what you're thinking: Shakespeare, ugh! Is this one of those take-your-medicine, eat-your-spinach, good-for-you stories I should watch but really don't WANT to watch? Well, fear not! Ira Glass, ...

Scholars have debated for centuries whether an earlier play shaped the version we know today. Here’s the evidence.

Mr. Lichtenberg is the artistic producer at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington. Earlier this month, theater lovers in the Bay Area got some very bad news. California Shakespeare Theater, ...

But Wood persisted. The result is both an impressive film and a companion book entitled “In Search of Shakespeare.” The four-hour BBC film will air nationally on various PBS channels in segments ...

To be — or most definitely — not to be. Regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, some of William Shakespeare’s work is now viewed by critics as racist, sexist and homophobic.

Illustration of Shakespeare reciting "Hamlet" to his family in Stratford-upon-Avon. People rarely argue over the question, “Who is the greatest writer of all time?” Even though several literary ...

In “Stalking Shakespeare,” Lee Durkee describes his quest to find a true, authentic image of the famous playwright, a search that becomes a tragicomic tale in its own right. By Dominic Dromgoole When ...

IF Shakespeare had but known what he was doing ! Not the greatness of his work; which, even if he had suspected it, would not have pleased him much, and would have troubled him little. But had he been ...

In the ongoing enterprise to reveal the mysterious person behind the prized poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), some scholars are focusing on his religious upbringing and beliefs.

The portrait hung above the Wadlow family’s television set for 50 years. While watching a program about William Shakespeare, Peter Wadlow realized that the painting might also be of the famous ...