Anne Hathaway was likely born in 1556 in Shottery, a village near Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Her exact date of birth is ...

A film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as the Bard and his wife, ...

Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped ...

The 2018 film, All is True, starring Kenneth Branagh as William Shakespeare and Ian McKellen as Shakespeare’s patron, the Earl of Southampton, purports to be a depiction of the Bard’s final years in ...

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, ...

The plague arrives and, despite concern for Hamnet’s more sickly twin sister Judith, takes the life of Shakespeare’s only son ...

Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get ...

LONDON — We know her eyes were “raven black” and her hair like “black wires.” But so much about the mysterious “Dark Lady” in Shakespeare’s final sonnets is unknown. In “Emilia,” a new play running ...

Tom Stoppard was remembered as a playful, probing dramatist. He died "peacefully" at his home in Dorset, England, surrounded by family.

According to the jacket copy for Dark Renaissance, Professor Stephen Greenblatt has been “studying, thinking and writing about Renaissance literature his entire working life”. Lurking behind this ...

The award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died, according to his talent agency United Agents. He was 88.