Is Prince William, the current heir to the British throne, a direct descendant of William Shakespeare? Prince William’s mother is the late Diana Spencer, whose family can be traced to Baron William ...

At their best, Shakespearean biographers are like great jazz musicians, able to take a few notes of an old standard and spin them into dizzying riffs of conjecture. At their worst they reshuffle old ...

In a new biography, the founder of New Historicism finds a paper trail that links Shakespeare’s life, beliefs, and moralityColloquy: Read the transcript of an online discussion about whether a new ...