It was modern forensics, a class of science the bard would likely have relished. South African anthropologist Francis Thackeray actually dug up Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon garden and had a good ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Shakespeare’s time, some critics and scholars have been unable to believe that a country boy from Stratford-Upon-Avon, who ...
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Shakespeare's plays are known for their universal themes and insight into the human condition. Yet much about the playwright ...
A lost play known as the “Ur-Hamlet” may have existed before Shakespeare’s famous version. Debate continues over whether Thomas Kyd—or Shakespeare himself—wrote this earlier play. The mystery of the ...
Summer in the Northwest is a time for Shakespeare. (Remember to check The Oregonian's June 15 A&E for a preview roundup of coming shows and a wealth of events for Portland-area Bard watchers.) It's ...
For centuries, people have been debating whether William Shakespeare actually wrote the plays credited to him. The new film "Anonymous" (opened October 28 throughout San Diego) suggests that Edward de ...
A literary group on Thursday marked the 400th anniversary of the death of an Elizabethan nobleman they contend was the “true” Shakespeare. The de Vere Society alleges that Edward de Vere penned the 37 ...