A collection of interactive articles exploring the life, work and legacy of the Bard. William Shakespeare's plays have entertained, amused and educated us for centuries. He is England’s most ...

His works have been translated into 80 languages ... of words and phrases into the English language. In 1769, Shakespeare’s life was celebrated in a jubilee organised by actor David Garrick.

Fresh doubt has been cast over the famous scientific proverb that if given an infinite amount of time, monkeys could type the complete works of Shakespeare. Utilised for decades as the exemplar in ...

“Shakespeare’s works resonate through the ages because ... intrigue-packed weeks of Marlowe’s life, which is in stores this week. (And we’ll be featuring Phillips in an upcoming Q&A.) ...

According to the Infinite Monkeys Theorem, if you had an army of monkeys typing away forever, they’d eventually produce the entire works of Shakespeare by pure chance. It’s a mathematical ...

William Shakespeare is, without a doubt, the most famous writer in English history. The famous playwright’s works have been adapted time and time again into films and TV shows. Over 400 years ...

Requiring a knowledge of Shakespeare for ... told the BBC’s This Cultural Life. With his friend Gavin, he went into a local library and “stole the complete works of Shakespeare and we stole ...

(Courtesy: iStock/GlobalP) According to the well-known thought experiment, the infinite monkeys theorem, a monkey randomly pressing keys on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time would eventually ...