A film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as the Bard and his wife, ...

Yes. Hamnet was the only son of Agnes and William, and the twin brother of their second daughter, Judith. He died at the age ...

William Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear,’ ‘Macbeth,’ and ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ as London reeled from the foiled 1605 Gunpowder ...

That leaves numerous questions regarding what is and isn't true in Hamnet, and what's been added just for the story's ...

The plague arrives and, despite concern for Hamnet’s more sickly twin sister Judith, takes the life of Shakespeare’s only son ...

Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped ...

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star as William Shakespeare and his wife in Chloé Zhao’s film, based on Maggie O’Farrell’s ...

Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get ...

William Shakespeare is, arguably, the most influential writer in history, with lines that have been parroted both in and out ...

Any biography of Shakespeare has to be based on supposition. As Rodney Bolt demonstrates (quoting Mark Twain), the facts of the playwright’s life can be set out in about four pages. The most recent ...

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. Does this ...

He leaves behind a celebrated body of work that includes Tony-winning plays and an Academy Award. Tom Stoppard, one of the ...