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The latest production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream features Mathew Baynton in what the actor calls ‘an absolute treat of a role’

The poet laureate, who died a quarter of a century ago today, believed his Shakespeare fixation was almost fatal; his first wife, Sylvia Plath, was certainly the Titania to his Oberon. With his almost psychic connection to nature and a charisma so powerful that even the Queen was rumoured to…

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The veteran actor read Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 29’ from memory in dramatic fashion

A much-loved actor pays tribute to the Bard in this companionable but compelling memoir

John Masefield wrote poem for 1932 opening of Shakespeare Memorial theatre, which is now staging The Box of Delights

On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions, including one that sells for $1,500

It feels like we live in an era of constant distraction, but the truth is more complex

Berlioz’s Shakespearean opera is stripped to the bone for four instruments and six singers, but the show is slick and spirited, with sopranos Lorena Paz Nieto and Monica McGhee standouts

Jewish actor has described recent circumstances as a ‘dystopian nightmare’

Actor delivered Shakespeare scene during lecture at Oxford theatre in memory of Roger Scruton