It reached a point where I cursed the literary gods for my grim fate of having to endure the torture of these various required readings. The last thing on my mind was the permanent influence that ...

You can’t have a roundup of Shakespeare names without the most famous of them: Juliet! The Hamlet heroine may meet a tragic ...

Shakespeare deploys his poetry like kerosene ... The witches are thus active instruments in the fate that befalls Macbeth, making him somewhat more of a puppet of their otherworldly mischief ...

“Its themes of fate and free will feel uniquely suited ... histories through environmental storytelling. The witches – Shakespeare’s agents of prophecy – are being integrated into the ...

Shakespeare invites us to examine the importance of fate, death, honour, friendship and duality. All of these themes are still relevant today, which is why the play is still popular after all ...

Kidwell’s memorable preshow performance of songs by Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie adds to the poignancy of her character’s fate. For this production of Shakespeare’s earliest Roman play ...

“If Shakespeare was indifferent to the ultimate fate of the plays that immortalized him, he showed no similar nonchalance about assembling and passing down his estate.” Sonnet 10 is one of the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet tells the tale of a young couple who fall in love but are destined for tragedy.