To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and ...

Though it’s been more than 400 years since William Shakespeare stopped writing plays, inventing words, ... Shakespeare fans have no shortage of places from his life and work to visit.

Shakespeare wrote 38+ plays, and a slew of poetry – primarily sonnets (his variation of the sonnet is known as “the Shakespearean sonnet”). He died in 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon. A Midsummer Night’s ...

H e was the greatest Western playwright of all time. His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, has remained an ...

The life story of William Shakespeare, as it’s usually told, ... Those are the kinds of things that survive, by and large, whereas more personal papers almost invariably disappear.

26 April 1564 William Shakespeare christened. There is no record of Shakespeare’s birth, but his christening is recorded. It was usual for christenings to take place on the third day after birth.