The fact that Shakespeare is the most influential writer in English literature is simply held to be the truth now.

How Shakespeare can help us shift from the accumulation of wealth, power and status to a search for our deeper purpose ...

New productions of Shakespeare’s “Richard II,” Annie Ernaux’s “The Years,” Robert Icke’s “Manhunt,” Tennessee Williams’s “The ...

Resident Ensemble Players’ King Lear is not a safe, reverential staging—it is a bold, bracing confrontation with one of ...

Although they were written more than 400 years ago, the words of William Shakespeare remain timeless. Thanks in large part to ...

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Shakespeare’s works are, and have always been, profoundly theological — not because they provide answers but because they ...

The first half of the show, before intermission, was highly entertaining. We were introduced to King Lear (Tommy Liddy) and ...

The show’s satire of super-wealth is framed through many of Sheakeapre’s great tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, ...

The dramatic stories of betrayal and twisted ambition that Shakespeare initially created took soap operas to generate even more exciting and sophisticated versions.

Above: Jeff Church as Hamlet at the Gamm Theatre. Photo by Cat Laine The Gamm Theatre’s been celebrating its 40th season ...

If the "White Lotus" season finale's plot seemed a little familiar, there's a reason why. Here's how the show evoked the iconic William Shakespeare.