The Bard churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra as London reeled from the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and an outbreak of the bubonic plague the following year.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." William Shakespeare was no stranger to the task of plying his trade amid difficult conditions. He was ...

In the final act of “The Tempest,” the wizardly Prospero may have drowned his book of spells. But of making books about Shakespeare there is no end. In particular, a set of questions about the ...

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Multiple theories suggest the playwright did not write his most famous works, including Hamlet and Julius Caesar.

A Jamestown native, Destro after working at the Jamestown Little Theatre and the Shoestring Players, studied theatre at State University at Fredonia before moving to Los Angeles, where he studied with ...

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Ray Fearon as Macbeth and Tara Fitzgerald as Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Macbeth directed by Iqban Khan at The Globe Theatre on June 22, 2016 in London, England. Photo by Robbie Jack/Corbis ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Historians believe these real events shaped the darker themes in his tragedies, influencing everything ...