The exhibition Shakespeare, the Stuff of the World brings together more than 100 outfits, from Gertrude's gown to Banquo's blood-stained doublet
Her pixie crop has been almost as permanent a fixture as her trademark twinkle.
It’s like what Shakespeare said: “All the world’s a stage, and...all the kids on their computer screen merely players?” Something like that. 😅 https://t.co/5uk1vnoPTR
A veteran of film and stage best known for his role in the "Harry Potter" films, British actor Alan Rickman died at 69.
Proving again that the Bard is adaptable to any media platform (be they stage, page, or touch-screen), there's now a very cool app with a star-studded cast reading all 154...
Clive Wood and Eve Best tackle two of Shakespeare's leading roles
Franco Zeffirelli, who died this month, directed beloved versions of Shakespeare’s tragedy on stage and screen. We look back at productions starring, among others, Peggy Ashcroft, David Tennant and Paapa Essiedu
The 39-year-old actor couldn't hold back his excitement as he left The Barbican theatre in London alongside his wife Sophie Hunter following his debut performance on Wednesday night.
Her pixie crop has been almost as permanent a fixture as her trademark twinkle.
We speak to disabled actor Arthur Hughes about his career starring in The Innocents, Help and Then Barbara Met Alan, plus much more.
The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. The Comedy of Errors (along with The Tempest) is one of only two of Shakespeare's plays to observe the Unity of Time (classical unities). It has been adapted for opera, stage, screen and musical theatre numerous times worldwide. The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth (Shakespeare was father to one pair of twins). Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and false accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession. For centuries, scholars have found little thematic depth in The Comedy of Errors. Harold Bloom, however, wrote that it "reveals Shakespeare's magnificence at the art of comedy". The play was not a particular favourite on the eighteenth century stage because it failed to offer the kind of striking roles that actors such as David Garrick could exploit. The play was particularly notable in one respect. In the earlier eighteenth century some critics followed the French critical standard of judging the quality of a play by its adherence to the classical unities, as specified by Aristotle in the fourth century BC. The Comedy of Errors and The Tempest were the only two of Shakespeare's plays to comply with this standard. Law professor Eric Heinze, however, claims that particularly notable in the play is a series of social relationships, which is in crisis as it sheds its feudal forms, and confronts the market forces of early modern Europe.
Shakespeare’s Globe, the (reconstruction of the) London theater where Shakespeare first staged his plays more than four hundred years ago, is streaming many of its plays for free this spring. Instead of (or in addition to) rewatching your favorite sitcoms, you can watch some of the best theatrical performances for Shakespeare’s classics.Each of the free plays, screened on YouTube, shows for two weeks before the next play begins.
This is the biggie, the one that all the others are held up against. Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet (1948) is serious business for sure. But can we talk about it, just between you and me, for a mo…
The Cultural Olympiad is preparing to stage all his plays
Ever found yourself hungover after 'too much of a good thing' or been left 'in stitches' at a joke? Shakespeare's influence is still widespread today
New technology is helping archaeologists uncover details of the playwright’s home, workplaces and his final resting place.
