How to live through the end of the world: Read William Shakespeare’s play ‘Cymbeline’

How to live through the end of the world: Read William Shakespeare’s play ‘Cymbeline’

Shakespeare weaves a tale about the collapse of everything known and lays out how we may discover ourselves anew in the radically altered world.

Was William Shakespeare’s Marriage Closer—and Less Estranged—Than We Thought?: A 17th-Century Letter Changes What We Know About the Bard’s Life.

Image via Hereford Cathedral and Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust At this point, every aspect of William Shakespeare’s life has produced more speculation than any of us could digest in a lifetime. That goes for his professional life, of course, but also his even more scantily documented personal life. As far as his marriage is concerned, the known facts are these: on November 27th, 1582 a marriage license was issued in Worcester to the 18-year-old Wil…