ON THIS DAY, April 25 in 1616, an entry was made in the parish records of the Anglican Holy Trinity Church of Stratford-on-Avon, England. It registered the burial of that William Shakespeare whom ...

To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and ...

William Shakespeare might not have been an absent husband after all. While it has long been believed that the playwright left his family in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to go work in London, a ...

A new twist is as dramatic as any of Shakespeare's plays: the real “Shakespeare” behind a family document has been revealed—and it’s not the man we expected.

Janeidi and Scott Kirk hold daughter Suzana Araujo Kirk in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The baby was baptized in Trinity Church, as was her famous relative, William Shakespeare, 450 years ago.

In “Hamlet,” a son is haunted by the ghost of his dead father. In All is True, a partially fictionalized biopic of William Shakespeare late in his life, it’s the other way around: The father ...

"On Monday 11 May 1612, William Shakespeare gave evidence in a lawsuit at the Court of Requests of Westminster. His statement, or deposition, was taken down by a clerk of the court, writing in an ...

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By Lena Cowen Orlin. ... eager to flee Stratford — is replaced here by a Shakespeare who is “a family man” in a close economic partnership with his wife.

Maggie O’Farrell’s magnificent and searing new novel “Hamnet” never calls the tutor William Shakespeare, never calls him by name at all. Shakespeare is who he is, though, while Agnes is a ...