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William Shakespeare
Artist With Autism Creates Microscopic Bust of Shakespeare Inside a Human Hair, Pays Tribute to the World’s Greatest Playwright
April 23 marks the birth and death anniversary of William Shakespeare
It’s Very Likely William Shakespeare’s Skull is Missing From His Grave (Video)
A radar analysis of Shakespeare’s grave reveals his head is likely missing, and researchers say it might have been stolen.
Shakespeare’s Grave Probed, Despite Curse
Have investigators found a loophole in Shakespeare’s curse?
To Be, or Not to Be: A Question for Modern China
“To be, or not to be: that is the question.” This is the most famous line in all of English literature. Yet, it also has everything to do with modern China.
New Shakespeare Portrait Won’t Help Us Understand His Works
Historian Mark Griffiths claims to have cracked a code in an Elizabethan book on botany, to discover a true portrait of Shakespeare made within the bard’s own lifetime.
Thou Art Translated! How Shakespeare Went Viral
Clearly, Shakespeare’s popularity and global appeal is only growing.
The Strange Fates of the Shakespeare First Folio
The Shakespeare First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays and the sole source for half of them (including Macbeth, Antony & Cleopatra, All’s Well, As You Like It, and The Tempest), is one of the most valuable books in the world: Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, recently paid US$6 million for a copy.
7 Longest Words in the World
Learn to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch and find out if you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Shakespeare’s Songs Go Modern on Playwright’s 450th Birthday in Bryant Park
To mark to William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, The Drilling Company members sang his songs in Bryant Park—accompanied by guitars, ukeleles, and the sound of traffic.
