The Latest Breaking News from Shakespeare

Shakespeare First Folio back on show 27 years after it was stolen

The Shakespeare Recovered exhibition at Durham University tells the story of what happened to the literary wonder and its restoration.

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

Shakespeare’s Cymbeline explores how to live through the end of the world

Written in 1611, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline is a raw mess – full of feeling and as messy as life. The 18th-century man of letters, Samuel Johnson decried the play as a work of “unresisting imbecility”, a hotch-potch of incongruities.

The Conversation · Apr 2, 2025

Could you watch 8 plays in 12 hours? How The Player Kings creates binge-worthy Shakespeare

Some say Shakespeare invented the “history play” – but he had a lot of help.

The Conversation · Apr 1, 2025

Exclusion of Drag Shows from Texas A&M Venues Likely Unconstitutionally Viewpoint-Based

A short excerpt from today's long decision by Judge Lee Rosenthal (S.D. Tex.) in Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council v.… The post Exclusion of Drag Shows from Texas A&M Venues Likely Unconstitutionally Viewpoint-Based appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Mar 24, 2025

Othello review – Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s underwhelming blockbuster

The record-breaking take on the Shakespearean tragedy might already be a smash, but it’s disappointingly muddled

The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2025

Why decolonise Shakespeare when all the world’s a stage for his ideas on injustice?

The trend for cultural reappraisal could risk upholding the very ideas it aims to dismantle

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025

I'm a published author and I tested Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Grok 3 at creative writing — here's my verdict

Claude and Grok have both been winning plaudits for their creative writing ability so here's what happens when a published author critiques their work.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 23, 2025

The Winter’s Tale at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol – a marvellous production with much to say about the modern world

The first half rips your heart out. The second attempts, tenderly, to put it back again. This is The Winter’s Tale, currently being performed at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol.

The Conversation · Mar 18, 2025

Shakespeare’s birthplace trust to ‘decolonise’ collection amid claims of promoting ‘white supremacy’

The trust is exploring the ‘continued impact of Empire’ on its collections and how ‘Shakespeare’s work has played a part in this’

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2025

'It really truly changed my life in every possible way': Lady Dimitrescu actor says her Resident Evil Village role was just as transformative for her as it was for roughly half the internet in 2021

Many such cases.

PC Gamer · Mar 14, 2025