Growing up, the Bard was for white kids. Now in his forties, our columnist—professor, novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner—reads ...

The fact that Shakespeare is the most influential writer in English literature is simply held to be the truth now.

Sotheby’s auction house announced the sale on Wednesday, Shakespeare’s 461st birthday. It said the May 23 sale will be the first time since 1989 that a set of the First, Second, Third and Fourth ...

His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, ...

He famously wrote of 'starcrossed lovers' in his play ... that Shakespeare is withholding money from the boy – and implores his wife to 'paye your husbands debt'. A bit of writing on the back ...

The F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre presents Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" from Saturday, May 17, through ...

This new production from Sport for Jove presents eight of Shakepeare’s history plays in order. It is stupendously absorbing and exquisitely realised.

Take in Shakespeare, experimental theater and a three-play series on the fallout of Brexit, all available to watch at home.

Edward Bluemel will play Shakespeare (Yui Mok/PA) “Shakespeare and Marlowe were born in the same year, just three months apart. They were both writing for the theatre at the time in which the ...

They were both writing for the theatre at the time in which the piece is set (in the 1590s) but it’s true to say that Marlowe’s star was very much shining brightly whereas Shakespeare’s star was ...

Producer Elizabeth Williams promises a “dark, sexy” reimagining of their relationship, with Gatwa teasing: “Liz Duffy Adams has written an exceptional play that is smart, dark, sexy ...