Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William Shakespeare was a “black Jewish woman”, according to a new book. It claims that the truth of Shakespearean authorship has ...

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 ...

Shakespeare's plays are known for their universal themes and insight into the human condition. Yet much about the playwright is a mystery.

Shakespeare’s Book. By Chris Laoutaris. Pegasus Books; 560 pages; $35. William Collins; £25 The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio. By Emma Smith. Bodleian Library Publishing; 258 pages; $40 and £30 ...

On Dec. 5, 1623, a fashionable young man-about-town called Sir Edward Dering visited St. Paul’s Cross Churchyard, London’s main bookselling hub. There he bought two playbooks, a book in Latin and a ...

The concept of “queer pregnancy” is often largely ignored by scholars in studying the various works of Shakespeare, according ...

William Shakespeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, died at the age of 52 on April 23, 1616. Seven years later, in 1623, two of his friends, the actors John Heminges and William Condell, oversaw the ...

In the opening pages of “Stalking Shakespeare,” Lee Durkee sets the scene by disclosing preliminary facts about his place, pastime and personality. He describes how after divorcing his wife he moved ...