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Doubting Shakespeare, Part 2: Problems

"They're both bonkers!" — Stanley Wells, Britain's leading Shakespeare expert, on the opinion of preeminent Shakespearean actors Sirs Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance, that the...

Mystery Illness? A Night of Heavy Drinking? What the Clues Tell Us About How Shakespeare Died

How Shakespeare died—and exactly when—is shrouded in mystery. But scholars continue to parse the playwright’s will and other evidence for clues.

Taylor Swift Or Shakespeare? A Legit Comparison For This Literature Professor

Should Taylor Swift Be Taught Alongside Shakespeare? A Professor Of Literature Says Yes

Should Taylor Swift be taught alongside Shakespeare? A professor of literature says yes

There is nothing to lose and plenty to gain in teaching Swift’s Midnights and Shakespeare’s Sonnets together. There’s no dumbing-down, and no need for reductive assertions about who is “better”.

Facing the Whirlwind with a Wiseman

The actor's text

Shakespeare wrote his plays to be performed. The First Folio has enabled that, in big ways and small

Shylock and the changing face of anti-Semitism

Across the centuries, reactions to Shakespeare’s most hotly debated character have been bound up in how we treat our Jewish community

Who Was Shakespeare? Could the Author Have Been a Woman?

What Was Shakespeare Really Like? by Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?