In 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare’s death, two of the playwright’s friends published a compilation of his works.

The Bard churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra as London reeled from the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and ...

His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, ...

LONDON — A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare ’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million ...