In William Shakespeare’s turn-of-the-17th century play, "The Merchant of Venice," a key character, Antonio, reminds us, “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.” This may be the case in the ...

A group of noblemen are gathered around a table in a tap house, slamming together mugs of ale and laughing in the warm candlelight as they share about and by their good friend William Shakespeare.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. By purely focusing on the textual analysis, it has very much felt that we've ...

This quiz gives a short description of different Shakespeare characters. Can you guess who each description belongs to?

An original edition of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, often referred to as the most important book in English literature, will be auctioned next month in New York and estimated to sell for $2.5m ...

After rereading the entire works of the great Victorian novelist during the pandemic, Peter Conrad became convinced – whisper it – that Dickens is an even greater writer than that other British ...