William’s father, John Shakespeare, was a member of the borough ... In 1841 Thomas Carlyle described him as a “real, marketable, tangibly useful possession.” Post-colonial literary critics ...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire. Shortly after Shakespeare's death there was some talk about removing his remains from Stratford ...

And that’s doubly true for the works of William Shakespeare ... for his performance at the time, the real problem is that he’s playing one of Shakespeare’s least interesting villains.) ...