Learn all the basics about the life of Warwickshire's most famous and loved playwright, from his birth right through to his death. Shakespeare literally invented 1,700 words in the English language.

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

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In the words of Charles Dickens: “The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery, and I tremble every day lest something should turn up.” Since Shakespeare’s time, some critics and scholars have ...

Folger Theatre has revealed its 2025-26 season at the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill, featuring three productions ...

William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway may have been ... suggests Hathaway was not absent from her husband’s London life, but present and engaged in his financial and social networks ...

A 400-year-old Shakespeare mystery has gotten a major shake-up.