William Shakespeare, the 'Bard of Avon,' born in 1564, remains an unparalleled literary giant. His prolific career yielded 39 ...

In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery ...

William Shakespeare's writing legacy lives on in ordinary conversation through sayings like "break the ice"—from The Taming of the Shrew—and "one fell swoop" from Macbeth. The famed poet and dramatist ...

William Shakespeare’s 460th birthday was in April. Love him or hate him, no other author has influenced the English language and literature as much. In his plays, Shakespeare created complex ...

The recently discovered copy of Sonnet 116 "reads as a political love song" during England's Civil Wars, according to the professor who found it. Reading time 3 minutes While conducting research at ...

Sir Patrick Stewart has one of those voices where, even if he read the phone book (which is what people used to use before cell phones), it would be captivating. Factor in his nostalgia-friendly pop ...

Some scholars just won’t let Shakespeare be Shakespeare. A small academic industry has developed to prove that William Shakespeare, a provincial lad from Stratford-upon-Avon, could not have written ...

Cinema's fascination with The Bard falls into a couple of composite lanes: reverent biopic, speculative, and outright fantasy. The best examples don't try to solve mysteries or answer historical ...