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William Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare's collaborationsWilliam Shakespeare did not write alone in the way modern playwrights are expected to. The Elizabethan theatre operated more like a film industry than a solo…
- Shakespeare's willWilliam Shakespeare signed his last will and testament on the 25th of March 1616. This date fell just under a month before he died.
- 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 WitRobert Greene died on the 3rd of September 1592. His final work appeared in print just two and a half weeks later. Henry Chettle entered the pamphlet into…
- Lord Chamberlain's MenThe Lord Chamberlain's Men emerged in 1594 under the protection of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon. Carey served as the Lord Chamberlain and managed court…
- 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 nameOn the 11th of May 1612, William Shakespeare signed a legal deposition in the Bellott v Mountjoy case. The document bears his mark as Willm Shakp.
- 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)On the 19th of May 1603, a royal patent authorized the King's Men company. The document named nine players in specific order: Lawrence Fletcher, William…
- 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-AvonThe year 1295 marks the first recorded ordination of Richard as rector scholarum in the Register of Deacons of the Diocese of Worcester.