Let’s get something straight: Making William Shakespeare’s plays “cool” is kind of the opposite of cool. The only thing older than trying to make Shakespeare’s plays “hip” is ...

The permanent exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library celebrates the playwright with its world-class collection of First Folios and other materials while leaving him oddly diminished.

William Shakespeare would have smiled at this 400th anniversary of his First Folio. He always revelled in the dramatic present. No fewer than three of his plays begin with “Now”. Imminence is ...

William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet, born during the 16th century in Stratford-upon-Avon, then moved to London where he co-founded the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, a theatre company. Shakespeare ...

For centuries, William Shakespeare‘s marriage to Anne Hathaway has not been viewed as the most joyous of unions.He was 18 when he wed the pregnant 26-year-old Hathaway—an age gap that has led ...

There is, however, no getting away from Shakespeare’s absolute supremacy as a poet and playwright. Even Ben Jonson, his most assiduous rival, was forced to concede, on the publication of the ...

To be — or most definitely — not to be. Regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, some of William Shakespeare’s work is now viewed by critics as racist, sexist and ...