As the screenwriter of “Anonymous,” the Roland Emmerich film about the Shakespeare authorship question now in production, I read with great interest James Shapiro’s April 11 Times Op-Ed article, “Alas ...

Several Paris theaters geared up to open their seasons with the most famous English playwright. How would the plays be tackled if a woman’s name were attached to them? By Laura Cappelle PARIS — When ...

William Shakespeare was a commoner who wrote witty plays attended by Queen Elizabeth. Sir Francis Bacon was a noble who served as her Attorney General. Right? Well, if you’re a “Baconian,” someone who ...

Shakespeare. The name is famous in every country on every continent. If there is intelligent life in the universe, Shakespeare is certainly revered out there, too. The mortal from whose quill pen ...

More than 100 local residents and literary enthusiasts opened their minds to the Shakespeare Authorship Question during a presentation at the Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum Feb. 16. The ...

“Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?” by James Shapiro, $26 Only a few people think William Shakespeare, of Stratford-on-Avon, did not write the plays and poems on which his reputation is based. It ...

Excitement, scandal, and intrigue continue to fill each episode of the podcast series that focuses on the controversial Shakespeare Authorship Question. “Don’t Quill The Messenger: Exploring the Truth ...

What do Helen Keller, Sigmund Freud, and Keanu Reeves have in common? They all believe that Shakespeare didn't exist. Rather, they believe that the true genius behind Shakespeare's plays and poems ...

The son of a glove maker and municipal politician from Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare seems to have risen from modest means to become one of history’s greatest writers, a peerless poet and ...