Joan Shakespeare (baptised 15 April 1569 - buried 4 November 1646) was the younger sister of English playwright William Shakespeare. She was five years younger than her brother and, in the later years ...

Instead, the researchers say it was William’s relatively unknown younger sister, Joan Shakespeare Hart ... Following his ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

Anne Hathaway's Cottage has reopened to the ... work due to demand from the public. The former home of William Shakespeare's wife-to-be is a popular tourist attraction in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Shakespeare’s parents had been Catholics, and the tension between the new and old religions can be seen in much of his work. William’s father ... the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway, in 1582 ...