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William Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare's collaborationsWilliam Shakespeare's collaborations reveal a playwright who rarely worked entirely alone. Like most playwrights of his era, he revised older scripts and let…
- Shakespeare's willShakespeare's will was signed on the 25th of March 1616, just under a month before William Shakespeare died. It is a document that scholars have pored over…
- William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare signed his last will and testament on the 25th of March 1616, describing himself in it as being in "perfect health." Within a month he…
- Sexuality of William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on the 27th of November 1582, when he was eighteen and she was twenty-six. A marriage license was issued by the…
- Greene's Groats-Worth of WitGreene's Groats-Worth of Wit arrived in London bookshops on the 20th of September 1592, registered at the Stationers' Hall just two and a half weeks after…
- Lord Chamberlain's MenLord Chamberlain's Men gathered for the first time around 1594, in a city of roughly 200,000 people where more than 15,000 men and women attended plays every…
- Bellott v MountjoyBellott v Mountjoy is a lawsuit heard at the Court of Requests in Westminster on the 11th of May 1612, and it might be the most unexpectedly revealing…
- Shakespeare coat of armsJohn Shakespeare, a glover from Stratford-upon-Avon, made enquiries about securing a coat of arms around 1575. He possibly met the herald Robert Cooke when…
- Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorshipThe Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship holds that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare.
- Spelling of Shakespeare's nameThe spelling of William Shakespeare's name is one of the most contested orthographic debates in the history of the English language.
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-AvonThe Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity sits on the banks of the River Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and it holds a peculiar…
- Globe TheatreThe Globe Theatre opened in 1599 on a patch of marshy ground south of Maiden Lane in Southwark, and for the next fourteen years it was the home of William…
- King's Men (playing company)The King's Men stepped into ceremonial red on the 15th of March 1604. Nine actors were each given four and a half yards of scarlet cloth to march in King…
- Religious views of William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was baptised, married, and buried in the Church of England, yet for more than a hundred and fifty years scholars have argued over what he…
- King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-AvonKing Edward VI School in Stratford-upon-Avon sits on a site that has housed a school since at least the early thirteenth century, making it one of the oldest…