His characters confront death in ways that reveal universal truths about courage, love, grief, and the meaning of life. Study up on some of his best with these 30 iconic Shakespeare quotes about ...

400 years after his death, William Shakespeare has kept his cool. The playwright's work still seeps into pop culture — and resonates with performers of all ages and backgrounds.

William Shakespeare was a Renaissance-era writer and actor, often referred to as England's national poet, the world's greatest dramatist, ... Shakespeare’s death is a mystery.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), who needs no introduction on a poetry page, was considered the greatest English poet — and perhaps one of the greatest poets of any language — to put pen to ...

In 1757, nearly 150 years after William Shakespeare’s death, a pamphlet was found in the rafters of his childhood home. Handwritten and signed by a ‘J. Shakespeare,’ the document was a ...