Shakespeare

The backyard of Juliet's house in Verona with the famous balcony full of tourists.

Letters from Juliet offer love, hope and human connection

For decades, volunteers with the Juliet Club in Verona, Italy, have been responding to letters seeking advice from the city's most famous literary resident. They sign them, "All my love, Juliet."

Letters from Juliet offer love, hope and human connection
Dressed as William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway, John and his wife Monica Evans join a procession to Holy Trinity Church where Shakespeare was buried, marking the 450th anniversary of his birth in 2014

Why today is the best time to live in human history

Why today is the best time to live in human history
Tim Hankins helps maintain All Saints Church in Aldwincle, England. Poet John Dryden was born in Aldwincle and baptized in the church.

English might not have become quite so popular, if a 17th-century poet had his way

English might not have become quite so popular, if a 17th-century poet had his way
Shakespeare's Alvearie

Shakespeare's fountain of brilliant words: Has it been found?

Shakespeare's fountain of brilliant words: Has it been found?
Actors Dominic Rowan (R) and Kate Duchene perform as Henry VIII and Queen Katherine in Shakespeare's Henry VIII at the Globe theatre in London July 6, 2010.

'Enough with the goddamned Shakespeare already.' Aren't there other great old plays?

'Enough with the goddamned Shakespeare already.' Aren't there other great old plays?

Video: Performing Shakespeare in Kabul

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Navy Reservist Tyrus Lemerande and his wife, Amy, who together manage the Knighthorse Theatre Company. During his recent deployment to Afghanistan, Ty brought his one-man Shakespeare show to troops in Kabul.

Video: Performing Shakespeare in Kabul

Shakespeare returns to Kabul

"Love's Labour's Lost" is the first Shakespeare play to be performed in Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion of 1979.

Shakespeare returns to Kabul