Shakespeare, William: 1564-1616
Information About William Shakespeare
- General Information
- Shakespeare's Life
- Video (2:18)
Mini Biography - Shakespeare - Historic Documentary, 2023
- Podcast
Relatively little is known about Shakespeare's personal life.
Shakespeare's life; Franciscan University of Steubenville
- Video (2:18)
- Works
- The Shakespeare Mystery: A PBS site about the authorship of Shakespeare's works
- Shakespeare Timeline, which gives the key events of Shakespeare's life and work along with related documentary evidence.
- Plays with notes and explanations
- Collections
- Family
- His Marriage and Relations with his Wife. Known facts of Shakespeare's relationship with Anne Hathaway
- His family and education. Available biographical details of Shakespeare's early life.
- Portraits
- Miscellania
- Why We Still Need Shakespeare. The National Endowment for the Arts; June 25, 2013
- Shakespeare's Audience and Audiences today
- His progress in versification. Examines Shakespeare's evolution as a writer of verse
- How Shakespeare Learned to be Shakespeare. “Records from local churches, craft guilds, household accounts, judicial records, letters, and personal reminiscences speak volumes about the details of everyday life and the traditions of entertainment that influenced Shakespeare’s accomplishments as a dramatist.” The National Endowment for the Humanities; September 16, 2013
- Did He Even Know He Was Shakespeare? "In 1621, five years after Shakespeare’s death, a group of publishers began the project of printing a collection of Shakespeare’s plays." The National Endowment for the Humanities; January/February 2016
