The theories behind the elusive Ur-Hamlet and its influence on Shakespeare’s tragedy, from disputed authorship to clues ...

Hamnet is an Oscar-bait prestige picture aimed at Hollywood’s known prejudices, its period setting meant to convince viewers ...

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

Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past ...

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival will present its 2026 season under the thematic banner Empire, featuring Julius Caesar on ...

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

The Improvised Shakespeare Company has kicked off their 8th annual tour at the Kennedy Center, running through December 23.

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He ...

British playwright Tom Stoppard has died at age 88 peacefully at his home in Dorset, England, his agents confirmed.

Dissecting the work of the late 16th- and early 17th-century writer, William Shakespeare, was standard in many high school ...

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

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has launched a fundraising scheme that will allow donors to adopt a beam in the former home ...