the real “Shakespeare” behind a centuries-old family document has been revealed... and it’s not the man we expected. In 1757, a bricklayer found a religious document hidden in the rafters of ...

Two of William Shakespeare's family homes will temporarily close to visitors to allow a series of essential conservation works to take place. The projects at Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford ...

Female presenter: So… William Shakespeare: Two tickets to Stratford. Female presenter: Seriously, forget it. We know his family was well off and that he was well educated; and that he got ...

A Lancashire family proved pivotal to the success of Shakespeare’s early performing years. The Stanleys, with their vast residences near Ormskirk in Lancashire and at Knowsley near Liverpool ...

Anne Hathaway's cottage in Shottery, Warwickshire, is closed to visitors until 31 January A series of essential conservation works at another of William Shakespeare's family homes has begun in ...

Playwright James Ijames plays constantly with two types of expectations: the ones your family places on you, and the ones that Shakespeare has placed on all of us.