Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Shakespeare’s time, some critics and scholars have been unable to believe that a country boy from Stratford-Upon-Avon, who ...

William Shakespeare was a Renaissance-era writer and actor, often referred to as England's national poet, the world's greatest dramatist, and the "Bard of Avon." Despite this widespread success, the ...

William Shakespeare was no stranger to the task of plying his trade amid difficult conditions. Shakespeare was working in London when the bubonic plague surfaced in 1592 and again in 1603, the latter ...

Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23 will be marked by an extraordinary relay. Over 24 hours, 60 groups of youngsters from New Zealand to Hawaii will enact excerpts from his plays. As part of this ...

We define bardolatry as the excessive admiration for William Shakespeare’s life and works. It’s quite a recent phenomenon, all things considered. No one was mobbing his wife Anne, the press wasn’t ...

FSU's outdoor production of "Twelfth Night" reminds audiences of Shakespeare prevalence in modern literature and performance spaces.