In Homer’s Odyssey, the episode of the witch Circe is one of the most deliciously intriguing of the epic. She is often ...

Curators are putting together an exhibition that aims to show people how William Shakespeare came to write his plays. The ...

America’s leading Catholic poet offers a stunning new verse translation of a play once read by Dante and forgotten by most — ...

TH Wall Theatre Company is opening their staging of HAMLET, which is best on the off-Broadway company Bedlam’s recent ...

The Palladinos' new dance dramedy puts real ballet stars at its center — and everything about the show is better for it.

The Bard churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra as London reeled from the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and ...

William Shakespeare ... art thou, Romeo?" she wonders. Later, on learning her love is part of a rival family, she observes, "That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet." Speaking ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

As well as being the most famous playwright, who wrote in English, Shakespeare also had a huge impact on modern-day English. Today, every one in four people in the world uses English.

Referred to as the Bard, Shakespeare gave the world around 39 plays and 154 sonnets. Despite it being ages since his works commanded the stage, readers continue to quote, analyse, and flip through ...

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The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's newest production of Hamlet conforms to these expectations and does not shed the play's baggage. It lacks the "wow factor" that productions of great Shakespeare ...