While it has long been believed that the playwright left his family in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to go work in London, a ...

The document suggests that Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway had more of a shared life than previously thought. Illustration of William Shakespeare leaving home, bidding farewell to his wife ...

For centuries, experts have believed William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway wasn’t a particularly close one. But a new piece of evidence is throwing that assumption into question. The World’s ...

A 400-year-old Shakespeare mystery has gotten a major shake-up.

New research examining a fragment of a 17th century letter addressed to “good Mrs Shakspaire” suggests that William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway was happier than previously thought.

has upended the long established narrative that William Shakespeare left his wife Anne Hathaway behind in Stratford for a career in London. It was long thought the couple had a disastrous marriage.

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

The life story of William Shakespeare, as it’s usually told, is that he left Stratford-upon-Avon to make his name in the London theaters. It’s been thought that his wife, Anne Hathaway ...