Yes. Hamnet was the only son of Agnes and William, and the twin brother of their second daughter, Judith. He died at the age ...

The Taming of the Shrew” and “Much Ado About Nothing” are each difficult shows to stage in the modern day. Directors confronted the challenges in divergent ways.

One is an Oscar winner, the other is an aspiring Oscar contender. But both are largely fictionalized accounts of ...

Based on a 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell, director Chloé Zhao's film presupposes that “Hamlet” was not a reworking of the ...

As filming began director Chloé Zhao announced she wanted a sexy Shakespeare. Mescal had no issue with that clarion call on ...

Every summer, for 50 years, Buffalo’s historic Delaware Park undergoes a magical transformation: Between Hoyt Lake and the Rose Garden, a towering stage emerges in the park’s natural amphitheater. For ...

Tosh is Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe, London. He is the author of Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare Where should we look for an LGBTQ+ icon from the ...

In Episode One, we are introduced to the dark side of Queen Elizabeth's police state – in a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the ...

Mr. Lichtenberg is the artistic producer at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington. Earlier this month, theater lovers in the Bay Area got some very bad news. California Shakespeare Theater, ...

Every age, after his own, has gone in search of Shakespeare. The first biography was written in 1709 by Nicholas Rowe. Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not ...

Life is easier with love. At least that’s the hope. The lives of two couples, one vying for love and the other scoffing at it openly (while pining for it secretly), are at the center of Commonwealth ...

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