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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 was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and baptised on the 26th of April 1564. His father John worked as an alderman and a…
- Sexuality of William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare wed Anne Hathaway at the age of 18. The consistory court of the Diocese of Worcester issued a marriage license on the 27th of November…
- 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 MountjoyOn the 11th of May 1612, Stephen Bellott stood before the Court of Requests in Westminster to sue his father-in-law Christopher Mountjoy.
- 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 authorshipIn 1857, Delia Bacon published The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded, introducing a group theory that attributed Shakespeare's works to a…
- 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 current building dates from 1210 and stands on the site of a Saxon monastery. It is Stratford-upon-Avon's oldest building, situated on the banks of the…
- Globe TheatreIn the winter of 1598, carpenter Peter Street and a group of players moved under cover of darkness. They dismantled an earlier playhouse called The Theatre…
- 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's known religious affiliation was that of a conforming member of the established Church of England. When he was young, his father John…
- 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.