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 ...

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

For more than 400 years the works of William Shakespeare have inspired and entertained us. You can't make a list like this ...

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 ...