Edward Hyde and Bulstrode Whitelocke were teenage pals, but ended up in opposite ranks. Minoo Dinshaw’s outstanding book ...
Ben Jonson, in particular, called his friend and rival ‘gentle’ as part of a habit of mocking the Stratford man’s ambition to be considered a gentleman. When in 1596 Shakespeare acquired a coat of ...
Proverbs are aphorisms that impart wisdom, advise good, and express deep, meaningful truths about the universe. Proverbs for ...
How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World’s Greatest Writer,” by Darren Freebury-Jones.
The Actors Circle, Scranton, is excitedly counting the days until they present William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” to the ...
The Royal Shakespeare Company is the winner of the Commitment To Craft award in our Great British Brands Awards 2025. The ...
Shakespeare’s plays were written over 400 years ago, and some of the language can be unfamiliar to modern audiences. Shakespeare helped transform the English language. Many words and phrases ...
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and married Anne Hathaway in 1582. They had three children. Shakespeare spent most of his professional life with an acting company in London, th ...
At the close of the nineteenth century, the American West was not only a geographic and economic frontier but also a spiritual one.