Legendary playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on this day in history, April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare's exact date of birth was ...

He lived during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I and coined hundreds of new words and phrases that we still use today.

Staunton, Virginia, is home to the world’s first-ever re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre, the Blackfriars Playhouse.

A scholar recently discovered the exact location of the bard’s London home—shedding light on his final years and revealing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent in movies. Of ...

For centuries, the exact whereabouts of William Shakespeare's only known London property has been one of the most tantalizing unsolved puzzles in literary history. Now, a discovery by a King's College ...

Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning, best-selling novel, *Hamnet*, has been adapted into a film featuring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, praised critically. The film explores William Shakespeare's ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Adjoa Andoh, the inaugural Director's Resident at the Folger Shakespeare Library, about Shakespeare's relevance in modern times, and specifically to people of color.

World Book Day is April 23, the day William Shakespeare and a number of other famous authors died. Learn more about the ...