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In December's Quadrant, Salvatore Babones mooted the theory that the Bard was actually Kit Marlowe, reports of whose death may well have been premature. William Rubinstein begs to differ. While agreeing Shakespeare was not the author of the works that bear his name, his pick, based on what would otherwise be a series of remarkable coincidences and overlapping circles, is Sir Henry Neville

Two intriguing new books on Shakespeare look at Juliet’s afterlives and the perennial ‘debate’ over the Bard’s identity. What’s the truth?

The 400-year-old text presented the Bard's plays as serious literature, muddling the boundaries between popular culture and high art

Officially titled 'Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,' the more than 900-page tome collected together 36 of the Renaissance writer’s plays for the first time.

Rare Tudor science books including works by the man who invented the protractor have fetched £74,000 at auction - after they were found stuffed in…

Rare Tudor books are set to fetch £30,000 at auction - after they were found blocking a leaky thatch roof in North Wiltshire. The collection has been highly valued due to its very very special content.