The portrait hung above the Wadlow family’s television set for 50 years. While watching a program about William Shakespeare, Peter Wadlow realized that the painting might also be of the famous ...

Shakespeare looks out cockily at the viewer, with the slightest shadow of a smile passing across pursed lips. His only ornament is a gold hoop earring in his left earlobe, a conspicuous feature that ...

William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s ...