Two years later, the couple had twins, Hamnet and Judith, but their son died when he was 11 years old. Again, a gap in the records leads some scholars to refer to Shakespeare’s life between 1585 ...

In fact, researchers studied more than two million people and found that those aged 60 and older were 14% more likely to die on their ... birthday in London. William Shakespeare is often regarded ...

Why was Shakespeare so special? documentWhy was Shakespeare so special? Michael Rosen explores the work of William Shakespeare and his fellow playwrights, and looks at why his plays in particular ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Director Patty Gallagher said Santa Cruz has a strong relationship with the play, which was performed four times by ...

He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Macbeth, William Shakespeare’s iconic play, is being reimagined as an interactive video game with a neo-noir vibe — and it’s ...

He and Van Doren were friends for life, though the teacher outlived the student, as Merton died ... When Shakespeare writes poetry, says Van Doren, it is seldom for its own sake. He did not ...

Created by the late Joseph Papp in 1962, the Public Theater's series offers free, large-scale productions of works by William Shakespeare (as well as the occasional musical or non-Shakespearean ...

Whether you cry at Shakespeare tragedies, laugh at Shakespeare comedies, or just want to experience the Bard's classic works, there's nowhere better than London. Open-air productions of Shakespeare ...