Later this month (April 23, 2016), in celebration of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Brazos Bookstore will host actors from the Houston Shakespeare Festival. They’ll present some ...

Recent events have brought the debate on so-called “death with dignity” and assisted suicide into the spotlight again. And yet, the argument is not really a new one. No less a light than William ...

Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning, best-selling novel, *Hamnet*, has been adapted into a film featuring Jessie Buckley and ...

When William Shakespeare’s works were first performed four centuries ago, electricity hadn’t yet been invented. However, to commemorate 400 years since the famed playwright’s death, the “Shakespeare ...

William Shakespeare, renowned playwright and poet, died on April 23, 1616. Four hundred years later, a large crowd gathered Saturday in Harvard Square to read aloud all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets in ...

Alas, poor Shakespeare! 402 years ago, on April 23, 1616, the famous English playwright died at the age of 52. But we also celebrate the birth of William Shakespeare on April 23, 1564. Did Shakespeare ...

Here's a dramatic irony: The playwright who gave us the most high-profile forum for diversity is a long-dead white male whose work was, in his day, performed exclusively by men who shared his skin ...

April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, long regarded the greatest writer in the English language. And starting this month, the Bard’s native England is, ...

One of the world's most precious volumes starts a tour on Monday, in Norman, Okla. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is sending out William Shakespeare's First Folio to all 50 states ...