William Shakespeare (1564–1616) had a total of seven siblings. Shakespeare's siblings were named Margaret, Gilbert, Joan, Anne, Joan (the second Joan), Richard, and Edmund. Shakespeare had a total of ...

While Anne does put up a fight ... Richard III is one of Shakespeare’s most interesting villains. While incredibly ugly and uncaring, he still manages to climb his way up to the throne.

At the age of 18, Shakespeare married 26-year-old Anne Hathaway. The consistory court of the Diocese of Worcester issued a marriage license on 27 November 1582. The next day, two of Hathaway's ...

Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. In 1613 - the same year that Shakespeare retired - Queen Anne, the powerful wife of Shakespeare's ...

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and married Anne Hathaway in 1582. They had three children. Shakespeare spent most of his professional life with an acting company in London ...

Hamlet is derived from a story in Francois de Belleforest's Histoires Tragiques (1576), not yet translated into English when Shakespeare adapted it. Shakespeare introduced new characters and ...