The mystery flourished for centuries, in part, because William Shakespeare himself was a secretive figure, Biography writes. Shakespeare, who lived from 1564 to 1616, left behind no letters ...

O pardon: since a crooked figure may / Attest in little place a million, / And let us, ciphers to this great account, / On your imaginary forces work. Scholars largely agree that Shakespeare's ...

There is a trail, still being researched, which suggests a link between Shakespeare, his group of actors, The King’s Men, and Hull. The key figure in this mystery is John Jackson – a name ...

1622), for example, which lists several members of the Dering family, as well as the humbler figure of ‘Iack of ye buttery’. Evidence that Dering planned a similar performance of Shakespeare ...