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 ...

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 ...

I know what you're thinking: Shakespeare, ugh! Is this one of those take-your-medicine, eat-your-spinach, good-for-you stories I should watch but really don't WANT to watch? Well, fear not! Ira Glass, ...

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, ...

But Wood persisted. The result is both an impressive film and a companion book entitled “In Search of Shakespeare.” The four-hour BBC film will air nationally on various PBS channels in segments ...

Illustration of Shakespeare reciting "Hamlet" to his family in Stratford-upon-Avon. People rarely argue over the question, “Who is the greatest writer of all time?” Even though several literary ...

IF Shakespeare had but known what he was doing ! Not the greatness of his work; which, even if he had suspected it, would not have pleased him much, and would have troubled him little. But had he been ...

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In “Stalking Shakespeare,” Lee Durkee describes his quest to find a true, authentic image of the famous playwright, a search that becomes a tragicomic tale in its own right. By Dominic Dromgoole When ...

Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past ...

In the ongoing enterprise to reveal the mysterious person behind the prized poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), some scholars are focusing on his religious upbringing and beliefs.

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