Shakespeare

March 29, 2023
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, London
March 3, 2023
The Folger Shakespeare Library is celebrating Shakespeare and the 400th anniversary of the printing of the
February 22, 2023
First Folio Day: the Bard at the Bod is a special free celebration of the life and work of William Shakespeare at the Bodleian's Weston Library in Oxfo
February 8, 2023
Visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon will have a unique opportunity to delve deeper into the creation of one of the most important books in western literature, Master William Shakespeare’s Comedies, His
January 26, 2023
Potter & Potter Auctions' February 2023 Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana Sale is the company's first book sale of 2023 and follows on the heels of the company's October, 2022 s
January 6, 2023
A celebration of some of Shakespeare’s most memorable female characters comes to auction at Christies in New York later this month as part of its
November 18, 2022
London - In the closing decades of the 19th century, David Bryce went from a relatively obscure publisher to a vastly successful entrepreneur almost overnight thanks entirely to the production of m
October 27, 2022
Scholars have long known that William Shakespeare frequently adapted older, now-lost court plays for the public stage. However, they have never been able to determine who wrote them.
August 5, 2022
While exploring the Folger Shakespeare Library's latest online endeavor in a blog last month, I cited the Bard's will where he bequeaths his 'second best bed' to his wife, Anne.  Though that passage…
July 24, 2017
On July 10, the cable network TNT premiered "Will," an exuberant new drama series based on the undocumented early life of William Shakespeare.