The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

Writer, poet, player and his story begins right here in London. William Shakespeare: What? No I was, I was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. Female presenter: What? I ain’t going Stratford ...

Shakespeare’s parents had been Catholics, and the tension between the new and old religions can be seen in much of his work. William’s father, John Shakespeare, was a member of the borough ...

Female presenter: Yes, Will, they’re doing your play mate. William Shakespeare: I knew that. Female presenter: But in Elizabethan times, most people genuinely believed in witchcraft, making ...

One of these actors was William Shakespeare. He's still famous today. Not for acting but because he was, and still is, one of the best known writers in the English language. Shakespeare was born ...