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Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear; seeing that death, a necessary ...

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month. Sotheby’s auction house announced the ...

A popular class at Worcester Polytechnic Institute called "Infected Shakespeare" studies how the famed playwright understood and wrote about pandemics and infectious diseases. WPI associate professor ...

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What happened to William Shakespeare's personal library? For 400 years, academics, bibliophiles and cryptographers have been searching for the answer. They've explored cemeteries, palaces, riverbeds ...

LONDON — A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month. Sotheby’s auction house ...