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Objectified, derided, demeaned: sexism is still rampant on stage in the era of #MeToo

From Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence

The Guardian - UK

The good news: Johnson’s on the way out. The bad news: look who’s on the way in

One ridiculously graceless ‘resignation’ speech later, here are the top Tory gorgons competing to control the sunlit uplands, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Trump, Macbeth and the ruins of the GOP

Even after testifying to Trump's crimes, leading Republicans might vote for him again. Shakespeare can explain

Salon

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Appreciation: The radical majesty of British theater director Peter Brook

I've been fortunate to have met a number of geniuses in my years as a theater critic but only one who was a true sage.

Los Angeles Times

‘The greatest director the world has ever seen’ – actors salute Peter Brook

Adrian Lester stripped back Hamlet with him, Janet Suzman can still hear the audience gasp, Glenda Jackson dug deep for the director and for Frances de la Tour he was incomparable

The Guardian - UK

Visionary British Theater Director Peter Brook Dies Aged 97

Peter Brook, one of the world's most innovative theater directors who perfected the art of staging powerful drama in bizarre venues, has died aged 97, his publisher said on Sunday. The British director used the world as his stage mounting productions ranging from challenging versions of Shakespeare through international opera…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Visionary British theatre director Peter Brook dies aged 97

Peter Brook, one of the world's most innovative theatre directors who perfected the art of staging powerful drama in bizarre venues, has died aged 97, his publisher said on Sunday.

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Peter Brook obituary

Revered and influential theatre director who took drama out of the auditorium to stages and spaces all over the world

The Guardian - UK

Bard in the Botanics sparkles with take on classic Greek tragedy

HERE in Scotland, we can tend to be too modest about our local talent. Glasgow-based actor Nicole Cooper is a case in point.

The National (Scotland)

Richard III review – Shakespeare’s supervillain breezes through the bloodbath

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonArthur Hughes is the scheming sociopath in a production of magisterial stagecraft that builds to a powerful climax

The Guardian - UK

A 'magical' woodland theatre is coming to Merseyside

The Hillbark Players are bringing a Shakespeare classic to Wirral

Liverpool Echo

We taught an AI to impersonate Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde – here's what it revealed about sentience

Nay, nay, I say! This cannot be,

The Conversation

Macbeth by William Shakespeare: a timeless exploration of violence and treachery

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Conversation

Theater Legend Kani Turns Eye to Modern South Africa

When John Kani launched his acting career in the 1960s, the only stage he could find was an empty snake pit at a shuttered South African museum. His latest production, "Kunene and the King", opened with the Royal Shakespeare Company and played on London's West End. It's now resuming a…

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The Guardian - UK

Starcrossed review – gay romance riff on Romeo and Juliet is a giddy delight

Rachel Garnet’s reframing ditches Shakespeare’s lovers for a smitten Tybalt and Mercutio. Can this winning couple alter their fate?

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare First Folio copy estimated to fetch $2.5m in New York auction

Book printed 400 years ago is one of fewer than 20 copies in private hands

The Independent UK

Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio worth up to £2 million to go up for auction

The book, which was printed almost 400 years ago, is one of under 20 left in private hands, according to auction house Sotheby’s.

The Guardian - UK

Boris the Third: new play tells story of clown who became king

Adam Meggido’s comedy considers the PM’s blustering school performance as Richard III, drawing potent parallels to his current political position

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All the rest were men

A memoir of drinkies with 1960s literary men

The Guardian - AU

Meyne Wyatt doesn’t hold back: ‘I was always a bit of a ratbag’

The actor, playwright and painter may be a polymath – but there’s one role he won’t be taking: politics. ‘You have to kiss arse. Yeah, it’s not my bag’

The Orange County Register

Oscar winner Mark Rylance plays the worst golfer in British Open history in ‘The Phantom of the Open’

At one time, Mark Rylance hadn’t been aware of the real-life story of the worst golfer in the history of the British Open.

The Guardian - UK

The big idea: could the greatest works of literature be undiscovered?

Only a fraction of the world’s stories have survived. What might we be missing?

The Guardian - UK

Henry VIII review – even gold phalluses can’t bring little-seen Shakespeare to life

The sexy makeover with dildos and inflatable testicles doesn’t work and the text additions only highlight the disjointedness

The Independent UK

George RR Martin: ‘I don’t understand how people can come to hate so much something that they once loved’

The ‘Game of Thrones’ creator sits down with Kevin E G Perry at the Santa Fe Literary Festival to discuss toxic fans, the enduring influence of Marvel’s Stan Lee, and the new HBO series ‘House of the Dragon’

The Guardian - UK

Hamlet Within: why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare’s dithering prince?

A provocative new film at Cannes featuring Ian McKellen attempts to de-romanticise the Dane but lags behind what theatre productions have been telling us for decades

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