Shakespeare used stories from older books of all sorts for his non-historical plays. He borrowed from Latin and Greek authors as well as adapting stories from elsewhere in Europe. Hamlet is ...

Eyeball', 'puking' and 'hobnob' are all examples. You probably use words invented by Shakespeare every day. Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in English of all time, and he is also the most ...

He’s the most performed playwright in history. But which of William Shakespeare’s plays do twenty-first century Brits actually like the most? Back in 2016, we marked the celebrations around ...

Readers and audiences have turned to Shakespeare's greatest plays for their ... author of Winners Take All, to discuss the play’s themes on race, masculinity, and truthfulness.

Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the reign of England’s infamous monarch and charts the ...

Could an infinite number of monkeys, each given an infinite amount of time to peck away at a typewriter (stocked with an ...

Andrew Doyle, the comedian and author, said: “There’s a very good reason why Shakespeare is performed frequently and John ...

Shakespeare was accustomed to making the stage a metaphor for life. “All the world’s a stage,/ and all the men and women merely players,” Jaques declares in “As You Like It,” and his ...

All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain is beginning performances Off-Broadway. I would love to hear about the creation of this show. What inspired you to create it?