William Shakespeare
Celebrate National Salad Month with Rare and Historic Books that Include Your Favorite Leafy Greens
A Smithsonian librarian journeys through history and time on a quest to explore salads throughout antiquity
Is There Such a Thing as a “Bad” Shakespeare Play?
More than four hundred years after the Bard’s death, the quality of his works is still a fluid scale
Four Hundred Years Later, Scholars Still Debate Whether Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” Is Anti-Semitic
Deconstructing what makes the Bard’s play so problematic
A New Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Found in a Scottish Library
Only a few hundred copies still survive
Celebrate Shakespeare’s Legacy at Hamlet’s Castle
Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! A bed awaits at “Elsinore”
Three Things to Know About Judi Dench's Theater Career
The acclaimed actor's career spans decades
Did Shakespeare Lose His Head?
Scans of the Bard's grave reveal that robbers may have stolen his skull two centuries ago
A New Production of "King Lear" Features 18th-Century Special Effects
The Bristol Old Vic’s thunder run hasn’t been used since 1942
Shakespeare’s First Folio Goes on Tour in the U.S.
Rare copies of the tome, containing 36 of the Bard’s plays, will visit every state for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death
These Brave Playwrights Want to Rewrite Shakespeare
“They have been at a great feast of languages, and stol’n the scraps.”
Did Shakespeare Smoke Pot?
Tobacco pipes in the Bard’s backyard may retain traces of cannabis, but some historians remain skeptical
Listen to 98 hours of Shakespeare’s Poems and Plays Performed by Great Actors
The playlist includes the voices of Edith Evans, Dylan Thomas, Orson Welles and Sir Ian McKellen
Is This a Portrait of Shakespeare? One Historian Says Yes, Many Say No
Many experts doubt whether the engraving found in a 400-year old book is actually the Bard himself
New Research May Solve a Mystery Behind Shakespeare’s Sonnets
The first printing of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets was dedicated to a “Mr. WH”—has a scholar finally identified him?
Was Shakespeare Aware of the Scientific Discoveries of His Time?
For his new book, Dan Falk followed a group of scholars who argue, unlike most, that the playwright was up to speed with the latest astronomy
Old Illustrations Tell the Secret of How They Were Made
Old books are full of beautiful, intricate engravings. But without expertise in printmaking, how can you tell how those images were made?
Shakespeares Plays
Can you name the plays of Shakespeare?
Recasting Shakespeare's Stage
Designing a Globe Theatre for the 21st century
To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare
While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits
Interview with Doug Stewart, Author of "To Be or Not to be Shakespeare"
Stewart tells how research shaped his opinion of Shakespeare and his work
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