Shakespeare maintained a wide-ranging interest in different forms of “natural philosophy,” which combined what we now call ...

How a surprising Shakespeare discovery was found in a letter used as scrap paper And what he says it might mean for our understanding of the playwright's life and work.

In a twist worthy of a Shakespearean play, researchers have unveiled the true author behind a centuries-old critique of the ...

John Andrews, a Carlsbad native, spent years teaching, leading programming at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., ...

Why are the plays of William Shakespeare still so popular 400 years after his death? "Sunday Morning" talks with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and actor Patrick Page about the Bard's enduring ...

It had been assumed that William Shakespeare had an unhappy relationship with his wife, Anne Hathaway, and that he left her in Stratford-upon-Avon to pursue a writing career in London.