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: ...

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 ...

Anyone hungry for Shakespeare who’d grown up in the two or three decades after the company’s foundation in 1961 would once have had performances guaranteed both in Stratford and London – in the ...

To see or not to see? 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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lewis Nunn is a Senior Travel Editor based in London. The homeland of William Shakespeare, Stratford upon Avon is a historic ...

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: ...