We don’t usually talk about Shakespeare and science in the same breath, but the playwright lived during a remarkable period of discovery, writes Dan Falk on the Bard of Avon's 450th birthday.

However, it was through his work as the group’s primary playwright that he found fame. Between the late 1580s and 1613, Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays.

Syme walked me through what has and has not been considered part of Shakespeare’s canon since 36 of his plays were first posthumously published together in 1623 as Mr. William Shakespeare’s ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com William Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most famous writers in human history. The 39 shows attributed to the “ Bard of Avon ” have been performed, ...

In a stunning demonstration of cultural revisionism, an academic in the United Kingdom is pushing for the re-interpretation of William Shakespeare’s works through a modern lens of gender fluidity.

This year marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, one of the world's greatest writers and its preeminent playwright. To honour this milestone, the Fisher Library opens the year ...

Two of William Shakespeare's family homes will temporarily close to visitors to allow a series of essential conservation works to take place. The projects at Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford ...