The playwright's first printed collection of plays, published in 1623, sold at a Christie's auction in New York on Wednesday for $9.98...
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The rare copy, published in 1623, could fetch up to $6 million at a New York auction in April.
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In this OUPblog post, Lena Cowen Orlin, author of the "detailed and dazzling" 'The Private Life of William Shakespeare' asks: just when was...
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Most of what we know about the beginnings of English professional theatre as a financial enterprise and artistic endeavour comes from...
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Shakespeare made his first entrance into history on 26 April 1564, the day he was christened in the parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon.
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William Shakespeare is a mystery. What we know about the facts of his life is outweighed by what we don't know.
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All the basics – and some fun facts – about County Westmeath.
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One of the most important books in literary history brings together 36 of the playwright's dramas.
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A new book on the authorship debate asks why some people refuse to accept "the Stratford man"
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Professor Richard Schoch explains how David Garrick, an 18th-century actor-manager and playwright, formed the popular attitudes towards Shakespeare that remain...
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