Here’s what we do know about the celebrated actor, poet, and playwright. When Shakespeare was about 5 years old, his father, ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

He learned fast and produced gory tragedies, rom-coms and comedies. You have more in common with Shakespeare than you think. Shakespeare lived through and survived a pandemic, one of a number of ...