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The above Shakespeare timeline infographic lists the historically documented and dated facts known about Shakespeare. You might also want to check out our Shakespeare timeline page which goes... more »
I was surfing around looking for some inspiration to write a blog post on Shakespeare & New Year when I came across a wonderful piece on Peter Pappas’ tax... more »
As 2012 comes to an end, with the world mired in an economic morass, one thing we can reflect on with pleasure is the 2012 English summer with its... more »
It’s almost certain that Shakespeare never left the shores of England but every year thousands of his contemporaries, wealthy young men, embarked on the ‘grand tour’ of European cities:... more »
Shakespeare lived and wrote his plays in the era that the American futurologist, Alvin Toffler, dubbed ‘the first wave.’ That was the agrarian period between the hunter-gatherer era and... more »
Shakespeare enthusiasts who follow the doings of celebrities – their courtships, marriages, divorces, births and deaths – might be struck by the Justin Bieber and Selina Gomez pictures and stories... more »
The English kings of Shakespeare’s history plays are so convincingly portrayed that they have become historical reality for most people. For example, we follow Shakespeare’s King Henry V from... more »
Shakespeare really was a man for all occasions, and Halloween is no exception. From witches, potions and haunted castles to severed hands, tongues cut from mouths and loved ones... more »
The distinguished Shakespearean actor, Dame Janet Suzman has just published a book entitled Not Hamlet, about the treatment of women in theatre. One of the chapters addresses the Shakespeare conspiracy... more »
The only reason we know anything at all about William Shakespeare and his ancestry is because scholars are very interested in him and have made the effort to find... more »