Though there has been debate about whether the mask belongs to Shakespeare (with some believing it is more likely to be that of English poet Ben Jonson), German eye specialists and forensic ...

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Plague Mask Players has specialized in twists on Shakespeare, a popular but often misguided strategy to modernize the Bard that can wind up undermining the text. Not so with this young company ...

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Macabre 'death mask' tribute to tragic author Sally Brampton who died after long battle with depression. By SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE FOR THE DAILY MAIL. Published: 21:53 EDT ...

LONDON (AP) — If all the world’s a stage, William Shakespeare is its architect. The playwright died 400 years ago Saturday, but remains the world’s most famous writer, living on through ...

Shakespeare, who was assistant to Claudio Ranieri during Leicester's incredible Premier League title success in 2015-16, passed away earlier this month aged 60 following a battle with cancer .

England's legendary playwright and poet died on April 23, 1616, at the age of 52. In 1849, Dr. Ludwig Becker found his death ...

Plague Mask Players has specialized in twists on Shakespeare, a popular but often misguided strategy to modernize the Bard that can wind up undermining the text. Not so with this young company ...

Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast put on a dead person's face — have long been part of human history. Below, morgue workers make a death mask of notorious Depression-era gangster John ...

Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast put on a dead person's face — have long been part of human history. Below, morgue workers make a death mask of notorious Depression-era gangster John ...