Despite his many contributions to English literature and language, surprisingly little is known about William Shakespeare’s ...

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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 ...

Where to read this sonnet: Poetry Foundation. A Sotheby's employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio, the most important book in ... [+] English Literature. The book is estimated ...

The allure of William Shakespeare ... will welcome everyone from novice Shakespeare followers to those who have studied the Bard extensively with a discussion that includes entertaining background ...

Shakespeare lived through and survived a pandemic, one of a number of waves of the bubonic plague. Very sadly, however, his son Hamnet died of the plague, aged just 11. This affected William’s ...