Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past depictions — and how they did when it came to the Oscars.

William Shakespeare. The name itself brings to mind dusty textbooks, actors in tights, and maybe a high school English class ...

Some theories suggest that poet and playwright William Shakespeare was not the real author of his famous works, including ...

"Shakespeare in Prague" might seem like something of an oxymoron. But from the early 17th century, when English traveling companies toured continental Europe, through to modern times, the people of ...

You might have heard a lot lately about how Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was quarantined in London during an outbreak of the plague. He didn’t. But what he did do when the theaters closed is ...

The Elizabethan era has everything: the mysterious lost years of William Shakespeare, his playwright/spy contemporary, and multiple plots to destroy England, and we haven’t even gotten to the ...

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet explores the family heartbreak and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s ...

Planning a vacation that appeals to couples, families and other groups with diverse interests and a range of ages is often a challenge, but a new biking adventure through Shakespeare country aims to ...