Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of William Shakespeare, and almost everything known about him comes from sparse parish records, fueling centuries of speculation about his short life and his ...

Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped the bard's most famous works. This illustration shows William Shakespeare ...

It is more than a little curious that we continue to identify the Elizabethan age with the age of Shakespeare. The remarkable woman who lent her name to the 16th-century English renaissance ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent ...

There are only two accepted representations of William Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the ...

The portrait hung above the Wadlow family’s television set for 50 years. While watching a program about William Shakespeare, Peter Wadlow realized that the painting might also be of the famous ...

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting ...