at Christie's King Street on April 19, 2016 in London. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is a witty, almost cheeky 16th-century subversion of the typical love poem. Instead of placing his mistress on a ...

By this time Shakespeare had been dead for more than ... Around the time of the late 16th century and early 1600s Norwich was one of the largest cities outside of London, with a population of ...

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Mathematical motifs feature in many of Shakespeare 's most memorable scenes. He lived and wrote in the late 16th century, when new mathematical concepts were transforming perceptions of the world.

FANS of the UK’s most famous bard have reason to be excited in 2025, with a brand-new Shakespeare attraction to open in ...

especially in the England that Shakespeare knew. More than a dozen droughts were recorded across England in the 16th century, usually broken by extreme storms or floods. It never rained ...

The Merchant of Venice is a complicated play. Apart from its interweaving storylines, its genre defies classification: in its first quarto of 1600, the play is described as an “excellent history” and ...