This was called the Reformation. The break with Rome eventually triggered England’s transition into a Protestant country. By the time Shakespeare was born in 1564, Protestantism was the main ...

Yet periods of extreme heat were surprisingly frequent during the previous century, especially in the England that Shakespeare knew. More than a dozen droughts were recorded across England in the ...

Forget Hamlet, Lear or Macbeth – the Bard saved his sharpest psychological insights and finest poetry for Richard II ...

FANS of the UK’s most famous bard have reason to be excited in 2025, with a brand-new Shakespeare attraction to open in ...

A University slapped more than 200 trigger warnings on William Shakespeare’s works — including for storms and popping balloons. The University of the West of England also advised drama students ...

If I was a University of the West of England drama student, I’d be furious about being treated like such a snowflake,” Free ...

It’s definitely on my bucket list to one day visit the famous playwright’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. And now I know ...

An advanced exploration of the Early Modern poetry and drama of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, focusing on key themes, prominent genres, and the differing contexts of the royal court and the new world ...

Students also receive alerts over use of ‘knives’ and ‘popping of balloons’ in several of the playwright’s top works ...

Marisa Méndez, Senior Editor This is not the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare's time. The original Globe Theatre – which staged Shakespeare's plays and where the Bard wrote "Twelfth Night," "King ...