To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and ...

In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won $30 million in the Florida lottery, ultimately choosing to take a $17 million lump-sum payout. Shakespeare was generous with his winnings, helping friends and family ...

Shakespeare was a social entrepreneur whose work strengthened the convergence of money-making and meaning-making. Shakespeare showed all kinds of people how they might play creatively with the ...

William Shakespeare’s plays have an undeniable universality, and yet the charity founded to safeguard the work is planning to denigrate it, writes Lara Brown. This sort of cultural vandalism is not in ...

Shakespeare’s theatre made money — he became a wealthy man — but his theatre always also made meaning in collaboration with its audiences, educating playgoers and stimulating conversations ...