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Feb 10, 1567: Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, husband to Queen Mary of Scotland, is assassinated in Edinburgh.#OTD
The diabolical death of Henry, Lord Darnley
When Lord Darnley, Mary Queen of Scots’ second husband, was murdered, the list of suspects read like a who’s who of the Scots nobility of the time...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Feb 10, 1567: Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, husband to Queen Mary of Scotland, is assassinated in Edinburgh.#OTD
What We Know—And Don't—About Shakespeare's Wife
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Anne Hathaway was 26 when she married the 18-year-old William #Shakespeare. New findings reveal they may have had a closer relationship than some previously thought.
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Anne Hathaway was 26 when she married the 18-year-old William #Shakespeare. New findings reveal they may have had a closer relationship than some previously thought.
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
What We Know—And Don't—About Shakespeare's Wife
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Anne Hathaway was 26 when she married the 18-year-old William #Shakespeare. New findings reveal they may have had a closer relationship than some previously thought.
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Anne Hathaway was 26 when she married the 18-year-old William #Shakespeare. New findings reveal they may have had a closer relationship than some previously thought.
Feb 9, 1662: Shakespeare's daughter Judith is buried in Stratford-upon-Avon (age 77). #OTD #Shakespeare
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February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Feb 9, 1662: Shakespeare's daughter Judith is buried in Stratford-upon-Avon (age 77). #OTD #Shakespeare
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Yet do thy worst, old Time; despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Sonnet 19 #ShakespeareSunday
My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Sonnet 19 #ShakespeareSunday
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Yet do thy worst, old Time; despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Sonnet 19 #ShakespeareSunday
My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Sonnet 19 #ShakespeareSunday
Feb 8, 1587: Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Feb 8, 1587: Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
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February 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Boldness comes to me now, and brings me heart.
Prince Troilus, I have loved you night and day
For many weary months.
Troilus and Cressida (3.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Prince Troilus, I have loved you night and day
For many weary months.
Troilus and Cressida (3.2) #ShakespeareSunday
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Boldness comes to me now, and brings me heart.
Prince Troilus, I have loved you night and day
For many weary months.
Troilus and Cressida (3.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Prince Troilus, I have loved you night and day
For many weary months.
Troilus and Cressida (3.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Feb 7, 1603: Troilus and Cressida is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Stationers' Register entry for Troilus and Cressida
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Feb 7, 1603: Troilus and Cressida is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Feb 7, 1601: Richard II is performed at the Globe a day before the ill-fated Essex Rebellion. #OTD #Shakespeare
Essex Rebellion Of 1601 : Elizabeth I
The Essex Rebellion of 1601 was the second and last major rebellion of Queen Elizabeth's reign. It was led by Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (1566-1601), a man many would have thought the last to…
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February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Feb 7, 1601: Richard II is performed at the Globe a day before the ill-fated Essex Rebellion. #OTD #Shakespeare
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Feb 6, 1594: Titus Andronicus is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Feb 6, 1594: Titus Andronicus is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Borrowing From the Bard: A #Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List
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Rebecca Fallon recommends Sally Rooney, Eleanor Catton, Emily St. John Mandel and more.
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Rebecca Fallon recommends Sally Rooney, Eleanor Catton, Emily St. John Mandel and more.
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Borrowing From the Bard: A #Shakespeare-Inspired Reading List
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Rebecca Fallon recommends Sally Rooney, Eleanor Catton, Emily St. John Mandel and more.
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Rebecca Fallon recommends Sally Rooney, Eleanor Catton, Emily St. John Mandel and more.
Feb 2, 1585: Shakespeare's twin children, Judith and Hamnet, are baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Parish register entry recording Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare’s baptisms
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Feb 2, 1585: Shakespeare's twin children, Judith and Hamnet, are baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Yea, leave that labor to great Hercules,
And let it be more than Alcides’ twelve.
Taming of the Shrew (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
And let it be more than Alcides’ twelve.
Taming of the Shrew (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Yea, leave that labor to great Hercules,
And let it be more than Alcides’ twelve.
Taming of the Shrew (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
And let it be more than Alcides’ twelve.
Taming of the Shrew (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
Then call we this the field of Agincourt,
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.
Henry V (4.7) #ShakespeareSunday
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.
Henry V (4.7) #ShakespeareSunday
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Then call we this the field of Agincourt,
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.
Henry V (4.7) #ShakespeareSunday
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.
Henry V (4.7) #ShakespeareSunday
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Shakespeare hits the road
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Carolina graduate student and actor Schuyler Mastain, along with six other students, took part in a pilot program that delivered bare bones, 75-minute #Shakespeare productions.
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Carolina graduate student and actor Schuyler Mastain, along with six other students, took part in a pilot program that delivered bare bones, 75-minute #Shakespeare productions.
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Shakespeare hits the road
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Carolina graduate student and actor Schuyler Mastain, along with six other students, took part in a pilot program that delivered bare bones, 75-minute #Shakespeare productions.
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Carolina graduate student and actor Schuyler Mastain, along with six other students, took part in a pilot program that delivered bare bones, 75-minute #Shakespeare productions.
Jan 28, 1547: King Henry VIII of England dies at the age of 55 in Whitehall Palace. #OTD
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January 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Jan 28, 1547: King Henry VIII of England dies at the age of 55 in Whitehall Palace. #OTD
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Shakespeare’s Globe unveils 2026 summer season
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Plays include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, As You Like It, and the Bertolt Brecht classic Mother Courage and Her Children starring Globe artistic director Michelle Terry.
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Plays include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, As You Like It, and the Bertolt Brecht classic Mother Courage and Her Children starring Globe artistic director Michelle Terry.
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Shakespeare’s Globe unveils 2026 summer season
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Plays include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, As You Like It, and the Bertolt Brecht classic Mother Courage and Her Children starring Globe artistic director Michelle Terry.
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Plays include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, As You Like It, and the Bertolt Brecht classic Mother Courage and Her Children starring Globe artistic director Michelle Terry.
Do not you fear. Upon mine honor, I
Will stand betwixt you and danger.
The Winter’s Tale (2.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Will stand betwixt you and danger.
The Winter’s Tale (2.2) #ShakespeareSunday
January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Do not you fear. Upon mine honor, I
Will stand betwixt you and danger.
The Winter’s Tale (2.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Will stand betwixt you and danger.
The Winter’s Tale (2.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Be warned by me, then: they that ride so, and ride not warily, fall into foul bogs.
Henry V (3.7) #ShakespeareSunday
Henry V (3.7) #ShakespeareSunday
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Be warned by me, then: they that ride so, and ride not warily, fall into foul bogs.
Henry V (3.7) #ShakespeareSunday
Henry V (3.7) #ShakespeareSunday
Be advised,
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.
Henry VIII (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.
Henry VIII (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Be advised,
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.
Henry VIII (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.
Henry VIII (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
