In observance of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, a wealth of performances, special events and exhibitions will be held all over the world to mark the occasion. Unsurprisingly, the most ...

Boards dating to the 15th century were found during renovations at St. George’s Guildhall. However, some Shakespeare experts are not certain the playwright touched them. By Derrick Bryson Taylor How ...

LONDON (Reuters) - William Shakespeare from Warwickshire in England was one of the first people to receive the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine outside a clinical trial on Tuesday. The 81-year-old had ...

The Bard churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra as London reeled from the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and ...

In Shakespeare's England, many kids were coerced into acting careers not by stage moms but by "child catchers," new research shows. Elizabethan-era boy players were prized in adult theater companies ...

Madeline Bassnett has received funding from SSHRC for the Weather Extremes in England’s Little Ice Age 1500-1700 project. Laurie Johnson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...