He helped shape the English we use today ... the new and old religions can be seen in much of his work. William’s father, John Shakespeare, was a member of the borough council of Stratford ...

A Sotheby's employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio, the most important book in ... [+] English Literature. The book is estimated to fetch GBP 2.5-3.5 million. (Photo by Scott ...

The two plays, one a Shakespeare rom-com and the other an adaptation of a Dickens classic, have more in common than being the ...

He’s the most performed playwright in history. But which of William Shakespeare’s plays do twenty-first century Brits actually like the most? Back in 2016, we marked the celebrations around ...

Because Shakespeare seemed like the consummate English author, it seemed to me that if you were going through the trouble of ...

Despite his death centuries ago, legendary English playwright William Shakespeare’s unyielding influence on contemporary film, television, and media is nearly impossible to overstate.

William Shakespeare’s play ‘Richard III’ illustrates how a power-hungry monarch can attain the throne at the expense of civil society.

With a little something for young adults, a little something for a more mature audience and lots of inside jokes for ...

A series of workshops based on the plays of William Shakespeare are set to be hosted in celebration of an island theatre ...