They had three children. Shakespeare spent most of his professional life with an acting company in London, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. In 1599, the acting company built the Globe Theatre.

Shakespeare’s works, which teem with insights into aristocratic life and political intrigue, have endured for 400 years without any link being established between the man who is traditionally ...

Theater critic Charles McNulty writes on how Shakespeare, and 'The Tempest' in particular, is helping him bear witness to the ...

Through the changing seasons, Shakespeare examines life from its beginning stages, through its ebbs and flows, and finally, towards the end of life. It is another gripping Shakespearean twist that ...

For more than 400 years the works of William Shakespeare have inspired and entertained us. You can't make a list like this ...

Francesca Peacock is the author of Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish. Shakespeare’s Sisters is published ...

Tennessee Shakespeare Company will explore the world's most infamous and bloody, yet innovative and cathartic, villains on its Tabor Stage with the premiere of The Grace of Grace: Shining a Light Thro ...

What inspired you to create it? Shakespeare has brought so much joy and meaning into my life, so much beauty, and when you have something like that, when you see something beautiful, when you ...

William Shakespeare's work is almost universal. His prose has been quoted countless times throughout history and has entered the lexicon of everyday life—but what about the people who star in ...