Dorling Kindersley RF/Getty Images (hand with skull), Shaumiaa Vector/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images (background) The characters named Antonio in several of Shakespeare’s plays are one person.

William Shakespeare was an English actor, poet and playwright. During Shakespeare’s lifetime, the theatre became a very popular form of entertainment in London. Acting companies built their own ...

Romeo meets Juliet and they fall in love at first sight. Romeo is from the Montague family and Juliet is a Capulet. Their families are enemies. The couple marry in secret and their love ends in ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Analysing Shakespeare's historical background and craft, Spencer's 1943 study investigates the intellectual debates of Shakespeare's age, ...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire. Shortly after Shakespeare's death there was some talk about removing his remains from Stratford ...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to readers worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series, edited by an expert international team, includes all Shakespeare's ...

What light through yonder window breaks? The Folger Shakespeare Library unveils a dramatic renovation, with new public galleries and a reenergized mission. The Great Hall of the Folger Shakespeare ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. — home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection — is emerging from a four-year metamorphosis that has left it almost entirely ...

Whether you’re planning a trip to the iconic Shakespeare’s Globe theatre, catching a production for the Royal Shakespeare Company or seeing a spot of Shakespearean drama elsewhere in London ...

Lengths of white fabric fluttered like shrouds. For almost any theater troupe in the world, it would be daunting to stage a Shakespeare production in Stratford-upon-Avon — the Bard’s ...

After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach — and all 82 of its First Folios on view. By Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler ...