Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel, Hamnet tells a heartbreaking story about William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Since Shakespeare’s time, some critics and scholars have been unable to believe that a country boy from ...

Ahead, Harper’s Bazaar separates fact from fiction to break down the true story that inspired Hamnet.

Nan Z. Da, Stephen Greenblatt, and Orville Schell discuss how Shakespeare can deepen our understanding of tyrannical ...

He was the greatest Western playwright of all time. His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, has remained an ...