William Shakespeare

"They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper,” Cicero wrote in “The Orator.” The traditional sonnet can ...

With its round amphitheater, The Globe is the most famous playhouse associated with William Shakespeare. But long before ...

The heartbeat rhythm and the big emotional displays of Shakespeare's work make them perfect, according to Hunter.

A radar analysis of Shakespeare's grave reveals his head is likely missing, and researchers say it might have ...

Have investigators found a loophole in Shakespeare's curse?

"To be, or not to be: that is the question." This is the most famous line in all ...

Historian Mark Griffiths claims to have cracked a code in an Elizabethan book on botany, to discover a ...

Clearly, Shakespeare's popularity and global appeal is only growing.

The Shakespeare First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays and the sole source for half ...

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To mark to William Shakespeare's 450th birthday, The Drilling Company members sang his songs in Bryant Park—accompanied by ...

The banks have done all they can, they say, and some borrowers have just stopped paying their mortgages.