Shakespeare’s play about 12th Century power struggles, political intrigues and the battle to hold on to the crown was performed in Northampton, at a location associated with the real-life monarch.

Stories written after his reign helped create this view. Shakespeare wrote a play in the 16th century where the character of King John was weak and murderous. Tales of the outlaw Robin Hood also ...

John, the illegitimate King of England, goes to war with France, who backs the rightful heir to England's throne, Arthur. The two armies meet outside the town of Angiers, and both campaign ...

This is not the familiar Shakespeare of the time of Elizabeth ... from the masterworks of Jacobean theatre to the King James Bible to the work of John Donne. In government, science and finance ...

Folios were more expensive and far more prestigious than quartos. Seven years after Shakespeare's death, John Heminge and Henry Condell, his friends and colleagues in the King's Men, collected almost ...