Discover the real historical figures behind five of Shakespeare's most famous characters, from Hamlet to Cleopatra.

The Oscar-nominated Hamnet exploits the playwright’s fame to manipulate facts of his life and work and encourages viewers to ...

New book claims Shakespeare was actually Emilia Bassano, a dark-skinned Jewish woman poet. Author argues the famous ...

For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent in movies. Of course, there are endless adaptations of and riffs on his work — ...

William Shakespeare's actual birthday is something of a mystery. The earliest record of the existence of the man who would grow up to write "Hamlet," "Macbeth" and "Much Ado About Nothing" is that of ...

Who is Agnes? And did William Shakespeare actually write "Hamlet" for his son? Here's what's real in "Hamnet" starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.