He lived during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I and coined hundreds of new words and phrases that we still use today.

The U.K. public broadcaster wants to "make Shakespeare irresistible to everyone" in 2016, marking 400 years since the death of of the playwright, says BBC boss Tony Hall. By Georg Szalai Global ...

An imagined day in the life of William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon circa 1604. Made in association with the ...

Shakespeare's plays are known for their universal themes and insight into the human condition. Yet much about the playwright is a mystery.

Pupils from an after-school poetry club will be presented with a national award at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London on ...

The BBC has opened up its Shakespeare Archive to UK schools and universities so that students and scholars have access to an essential piece of British cultural heritage. This is part of the BBC's ...

The BBC has today announced its plans to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death including the line-up for BBC Two's Shakespeare Live! From the RSC. Tennant appeared at the launch of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Click here to read the full article. BritBox, the North American subscription streaming service devoted to British shows, will ...

Ben Whishaw, Patrick Stewart and David Suchet will star together in a new BBC series adapting four of William Shakespeare's greatest history plays. Richard II, the first in the series, will begin ...

November marks 400 years since arguably the greatest work of English literature was created, the ‘First Folio’, published seven years after the death of William Shakespeare and without which much of ...

The BBC has announced that it will adapt four of William Shakespeare's plays for television. Meanwhile, the directors working on the adaptations include Sir Richard Eyre and Rupert Goold. "I couldn't ...

The world’s mine oyster… Wear my heart upon my sleeve… Wild-goose chase… All that glisters is not gold… A tower of strength… In a pickle… Even a small selection of these phrases, coined by Shakespeare ...