William Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most famous writers in human history. The 39 shows attributed to the “ Bard of ...

If you have never read a book about William Shakespeare, please read this one: “Shakespeare: A Life,” by Park Honan (Oxford University Press, 450 pages, $39.95). It’s an exception… ...

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 ...

Who was William Shakespeare, really? ... Jonathan Bate’s dazzling Soul of the Age, a biography of Shakespeare’s mind—know that pinning the Bard down is impossible.

William Shakespeare had a secret son who grew up to become the poet laureate of England, according to the author of a new biography. In his new book “Shakespeare’s Bastard: The Life of Sir ...

There Was a Starre Daunst, and Under That Was I Borne William Shakespeare is popularly supposed to have been born on 23 April 1564, or St. George’s Day. The date may in fact have been 21 April ...

The life story of William Shakespeare, as it’s usually told, ... I’m writing a Shakespeare biography, and found the document referenced briefly in one or two places, ...