Despite what many modern critics say, Shakespeare's plays are written from a profoundly Christian perspective. This site presents literary criticism demonstrating that. To submit your essay for publication, email us - info@christianshakespeare.com



Hamlet the Catholic



Link to a Crisis Magazine article on the Catholic Hamlet.

St. Robert Southwell



Shakespeare's friend and relative - Catholic martyr and poet Robert Southwell

Portrait of an Honest Ghost


Is the ghost of Hamlet's father a demon?  On this questions hangs the entire play.

The Bard of Avon and the Blood Red Rose of Lancaster


More on Shakespeare and Richard III.

Shakespeare and Richard III


Now that the remains of King Richard III have been discovered, what was Shakespeare saying about him in his famous play?

Shakespeare and Distributism


Brief Remarks on Shakespeare's Christian Humanism by Dr. Colin Jory

Macbeth and the Tragedy of Sin

Ken Colston on Macbeth and what the play shows us about the nature and effects of sin.

Love and Responsibility

Kevin O'Brien on love and responsibility in Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare, Thomas More and Henry VIII

Joseph Pearce speculates on the political mood behind Sir Thomas More and Henry VIII.

Pasternak on Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky

Boris Pasternak on the similarities between the two writers, as noted in Macbeth.

God and Macbeth

Kevin O'Brien on sin, virtue, heaven and hell in Macbeth

Burying the Truth

Joseph Pearce on the claim that Shakespeare was buried a "lay rector" of his Anglican church.

Shakespeare, the Supreme Court and Child Pornography

Joseph Pearce notes how bad literary criticism affects even the law of the land.

The Poison of Anti-Catholic Bias

Joseph Pearce passes along Robert Carballo's defense of the Faith, in a dispute over The Merchant of Venice.

Shakespeare and "Sir Thomas More"

Joseph Pearce is interviewed on Shakespeare's role in writing the play Sir Thomas More.

Shakespeare and Chesterton

Joseph Pearce answers a correspondent about Chesterton's view of Shakespeare.

Chesterton and Shakespeare

Kevin O'Brien claims that G. K. Chesterton shows us the only way to read Shakespeare.

Call for Papers: Shakespeare and the Memory of a Lost Religion

Call for papers for a conference in North Carolina.


Was Shakespeare a Catholic?

Peter Milward tackles the question.


Was Shakespeare a Recusant?

Peter Milward on the evidence that Shakespeare was a recusant.

Catholic Shakespeare

Fr. Milward on Shakespeare's faith, as reflected in his plays.

Date and Authorship of the Original Text of "Sir Thomas More"

Did Shakespeare write Sir Thomas More?  Compelling new scholarship by Thomas Merriam suggests that he did.

The Hot Topic

Fr. Peter Milward gives a glimps into the fascinating history of the scholarship on the question of Shakespeare and the Catholic Faith.

Five Full Years of "The Catholic Hypothesis"

Fr. Peter Milward on the recent explosion in scholarship on Shakespeare the Catholic.

Shakespeare's Moral Categories in "King Lear" and "Hamlet"

Dr. Colin Jory gives a lucid overview of the Christian moral categories in two of Shakespeare's best known plays.