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‘We went bankrupt and had to set up the explosives ourselves’: Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine on making Richard III

‘The movie changed my life,’ says McKellen of the 1995 film. ‘If Bryan Singer hadn't seen it, he would never have asked me to be in X-Men’

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As You Like It review – the RSC’s garden party is altogether too ordinary

Gender games, rebirth and affection remain in this 80-minute slash of the Shakespeare romcom, which is stylish but short on invention

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Can a poem be adapted into a video game? Here’s what I learned from trying

Video game adaptations of novels and short fiction have long helped bring works of fiction to new audiences. The Witcher, for example, which now spans three games and a Netflix series, began life as a series of fantasy stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

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Lincoln called for divided Americans to heed their ‘better angels,’ and politicians have invoked him ever since in crises − but for Abe, it was more than words

Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, community leaders, clergy and politicians including President Joe Biden have called on Americans to tone down white-hot political rhetoric. Some have invoked the words of one figure in particular: Abraham Lincoln.

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A New York accent in ancient Rome? So what, it’s no less accurate than RP

Denzel Washington has been accused of inauthenticity in Gladiator II. But why is upper-class, southern English considered the norm, asks historian Rebecca Rideal

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Colonials mess with Shakespeare and get a global hit

Making Shakespeare's longest play into a successful opera is no easy feat, but an adaptation by "a bunch of colonials" is premiering at the Sydney Opera House.

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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench review – a class act

Ripe language and impish humour abound as Barbara Flynn reads the actor’s entertaining recollections of seven decades on stage – and Dench herself recites excerpts from the Bard

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Macbeth (An Undoing) review – Lady M takes over Shakespeare’s play … but what for?

Playwright Zinnie Harris mounts an intriguing war on the bard but doesn’t bother building her own vision

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Mark Rylance and Derek Jacobi to share a stage for Shakespeare show

The theatrical giants will raise money for one of London’s newest theatres

Evening Standard

Sing Sing review – powerful, deeply felt drama takes theatre behind bars

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo leads an impressive ensemble in a gentle and inspiring story of incarcerated men finding joy in an acting program

The Guardian - US

‘Opened my whole world up’: inside Oscar-tipped prison theater drama Sing Sing

An acclaimed movie spotlights a program offering a world of creativity to those living in a New York maximum security prison

The Guardian - US

A life in quotes: Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare, the Albanian writer who explored Balkan history and culture in poetry and fiction, has died aged 88. Here are some of the most memorable quotes from interviews he gave throughout his life

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The ‘tax-free trap’: How a simple phrase skews Canadians’ savings choices

While a rose by any other name may smell as sweet, Shakespeare’s famous maxim does not hold up when talking about tax-sheltered savings plans. Our new research finds that people are more likely to choose a plan that has the words “tax-free” in the title, regardless of the details in…

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Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen

A new season of films celebrates how different directors have found a way to bring Shakespeare’s work forward, from Baz Luhrmann to Derek Jarman

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The best theatre to stream this month: Shakespeare v the Tories, Mel C’s dance show and more

This month’s picks include a Starlight Express intro for kids, a rollicking wedding play at the National and an explosive hour of dance

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Supacell star Tosin Cole: ‘Our show highlights many issues that Black people go through’

The 31-year-old ‘Doctor Who’ star has swapped one sci-series for another, and is now playing a delivery man turned superhero in Netflix’s new action-packed drama ‘Supacell’. He tells Lydia Spencer-Elliott about filming the Jay-Z-backed show and learning to mask his insecurities

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O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival

The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline

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The Truth About English Grammar by Geoffrey K Pullum review – the pants rule and other pipe dreams

A breezy guide to grammar sides with the ordinary Joe against the nitpickers

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The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Kiss Me, Kate – review

Shakespeare’s Globe; Barbican, London The possibility of pleasure is everywhere in Sean Holmes’s summer crowd-pleaser, while Adrian Dunbar tackles his first musical role in Cole Porter’s take on the bard’s least appealing play

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Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey star to play Richard II on London stage

Role will be actor’s most high-profile Shakespeare part to date

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Straight Acting by Will Tosh review – out on stage

A rich study of queer desire in Shakespeare, from cosplay in The Merchant of Venice to gender fluidity in Twelfth Night

The Guardian - UK

Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey to play Richard II on London stage

Nicholas Hytner has shared details of his forthcoming production, which will give the actor his highest profile Shakespeare role to date

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Private Rites by Julia Armfield review – in deep water

Dysfunctional families and queer desire at the end of the world, in a compelling vision of climate breakdown

Evening Standard

The Taming of The Shrew at Shakespeare’s Globe review: an interesting idea is lost in conceptual soup

This production throws a lot of ideas at Shakespeare’s problematic play but little sticks

The Guardian - UK

The Taming of the Shrew review – full of foolishness, low on laughs

Bold, absurdist ideas jostle for attention in Jude Christian’s bemusing new production, turning Shakespeare’s tricky tale into a child’s silly game

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