Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped ...

A film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as the Bard and his wife, ...

The real Hamnet Shakespeare died in 1596. Chloe Zhao’s new film explores his legacy.

It would be easy to crown 2025 the year of Hamlet—quite a feat considering the play was written over 400 years ago. Over the ...

Little is known about Hathaway, who is portrayed by actor Jessie Buckley in the film Hamnet.

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Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get ...

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Any biography of Shakespeare has to be based on supposition. As Rodney Bolt demonstrates (quoting Mark Twain), the facts of the playwright’s life can be set out in about four pages. The most recent ...

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star as William Shakespeare and his wife in Chloé Zhao’s film, based on Maggie O’Farrell’s ...

THE biography of Shakespeare, if we merely look at the bulk of the books which assume to record it, is both minute and extensive ; but when we subject the octavo or quarto to examination, we find a ...