Avon, the home town of arguably the world's greatest writer and playwright, William Shakespeare. It's also my home town. I ...

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (AP) — “All the world’s a stage,” wrote William Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago this week. But he played out much of his life in one small English market town: ...

My first introduction to William Shakespeare was through As You Like It, a play that was set as coursework for Class 8. The OG romantic comedy, in which Rosalind disguises herself as a man, Orlando ...

Nonliterary types might find England’s Stratford-upon-Avon to be much ado about nothing, but Shakespeare’s hometown is blanketed with opportunities for Bardolatry. It’s an easy side-trip from London, ...

Technical trouble stalled the opening night of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s all-male take on the comedy. But it was worth ...

Legendary playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on this day in history, April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare's exact date of birth was ...

“When I was at home I was in a better place,” Mr. Shakespeare wrote in As You Like It. I wonder which home of his inspired that line, if any. It’s possible he had given thought to the home of his ...

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (AP) — “All the world’s a stage,” wrote William Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago this week. But he played out much of his life in one small English market town: ...