Child mortality was high in the 16th century; there were no antibiotics and many childhood diseases might therefore prove fatal, such as scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphtheria, and even measles. He ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

Baking gingerbread men wasn't always a tradition for the winter holidays. Gingerbread man cookie history actually originates ...

12 PhotosPhotos: Celebrate Shakespeare Day With a Look at This Season's Shakespeare-Inspired Shows ...

Lyndon French for The New York Times Supported by By Michael Paulson Reporting from Stratford-upon-Avon and Chicago The Royal Shakespeare Company, which keeps the plays of William Shakespeare ...

For more than 400 years the works of William Shakespeare ... took on Shakespeare's most famous character in 1996 when he starred in and directed Hamlet in 1996. Branagh took no shortcuts.

An animated version of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in a retelling of the classic play set to modern music. Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is distraught when his father dies. When the ...

Shakespeare Marine, which designs marine antenna, is now partnering with CalaMarine to sell its products across South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. This comes at a time of ...

Beverly Hills Cop,” “Dirty Dancing” and “No Country for Old Men” were also immortalized in the Library of Congress’s annual ...

William James Sidis was the son of a psychiatrist who reportedly pushed him toward academics from an early age. Sidis could ...

36.8 x 55.6 cm. (14.5 x 21.9 in.) ...