Cervantes, the man behind Don Quixote, gave the world the archetype of the “impractical idealist.” His protagonist — Don is a Spanish honorific for “sir”— is the quintessential dreamer, tilting at ...

In his memorial poem introducing William Shakespeare’s First Folio, Ben Jonson memorably referred to the playwright as the “sweet swan of Avon,” poetically fixing him in the public imagination as a ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by King’s College London, the location of a property purchased by William Shakespeare in 1613 has been pinpointed on a previously unknown plan ...

Shakespeare's granddaughter sold his London property in 1665, 49 years after he died Universal History Archive/Getty Historians have pinpointed William Shakespeare's London home to Blackfriars in ...

We know many famous authors and writers, but among these, William Shakespeare is widely recognised as the greatest writer in English literature, who is also known as the “Bard of Avon”. His timeless ...

Jean-Luc Picard is doing The Bard. Sir Patrick Stewart is lending his iconic voice to an audiobook in which he reads William Shakespeare‘s sonnets — all 154 of them — and “shares reflections on his ...

Children in Elizabethan England faced vastly different childhoods depending on birth. The rigid class system dictated everything from education to life expectancy. Parents raised children for economic ...

Many details of Shakespeare’s life are shrouded in mystery, from whether he wrote all his plays to whether he was even human. But another enduring mystery attached to the Bard is his relationship with ...

Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? In Shakespeare’s case, it’s often the former. Star-crossed lovers, back-stabbing senators, and scheming monarchs aren't just creations of the Bard's ...

Beneath the timber and stone of Harvington Hall lies a hidden war. Built during the height of religious persecution, this Tudor manor features multiple secret chambers designed to hide Catholic ...

The author of a new book about William Shakespeare is claiming that the works of the famed playwright were actually written by a black, Jewish woman. The book, “The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano ...

The author of a new book about William Shakespeare is claiming that the works of the famed playwright were actually written by a Black, Jewish woman. The book, titled, "The Real Shakespeare: Emilia ...