Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past ...

Chloé Zhao's film, like Maggie O'Farrell's book, is built on a thin layer of historical truth. Here's what little we know.

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet explores the family heartbreak and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s ...

Scholars have debated for centuries whether an earlier play shaped the version we know today. Here’s the evidence.

"Shakespeare in Prague" might seem like something of an oxymoron. But from the early 17th century, when English traveling companies toured continental Europe, through to modern times, the people of ...

On April 23, 1616, -- 404 years ago -- William Shakespeare died. Centuries later, fans around the world honor him and his work with Shakespeare Day. April 23 is also World Book Day. To celebrate the ...

You might have heard a lot lately about how Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was quarantined in London during an outbreak of the plague. He didn’t. But what he did do when the theaters closed is ...

To open its 50th anniversary season, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey chose “Henry IV, Part One,” one of Shakespeare’s history plays. The production, which opens officially tomorrow night at the ...

It’s the 20th anniversary of “Shakespeare in Love,” which premiered in New York on Dec. 3, 1998, defying expectations and making Oscar history. On Oct. 23, 1992, Variety reported that Universal and ...

Shakespeare and Co., the English-language bookstore just across the Seine River from Notre Dame in Paris, is pretty much everything a bookstore should be. Housed in what was once a 17th-century ...

Planning a vacation that appeals to couples, families and other groups with diverse interests and a range of ages is often a challenge, but a new biking adventure through Shakespeare country aims to ...