Discover the real historical figures behind five of Shakespeare's most famous characters, from Hamlet to Cleopatra.

You might have heard a lot lately about how Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was quarantined in London during an outbreak of the plague. He didn’t. But what he did do when the theaters closed is ...

Who is Agnes? And did William Shakespeare actually write "Hamlet" for his son? Here's what's real in "Hamnet" starring Jessie ...

For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent in movies. Of course, there are endless adaptations of and riffs on his work — ...