Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, when he was 18. They had three children: Susanna and twins Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet die...

There is some dispute about how many plays Shakespeare wrote. The general consensus is 37.

Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. The most famous include Sonnet 18, with opening lines "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", and Sonnet 130, whi...

The cause of Shakespeare's death is unknown. However, the vicar of the local church wrote in his journal some fifty years later that "Shakespeare,...

Shakespeare remains vital because his plays present people and situations that we recognize today. His characters have an emotional reality that tr...