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Only two days separate Anzac Day and Shakespeare’s (presumed) birthday and actual death-day. This proximity is coincidental. But amid a war in Ukraine, being reported in horrifyingly graphic detail from the point of view of the victims, and given Shakespeare is the world’s most-quoted, most-performed and most studied writer, it…

The novelist Nina Stibbe has watched her mum cast off friends at the drop of a hat. Is it time to follow suit?

With their portrait of a wobbling monarchy and egotistical leadership, these rare stagings are particularly topical

Epic holds our attention with unforgettable visuals and the sheer, raw audacity of its premise.

Although I’m wary of declaring any literary work to be the greatest ever, Shakespeare’s Hamlet would be a frontrunner. It’s often proclaimed to be or voted Shakespeare’s best play (Google it). It has countless film adaptations, is widely referenced, and even gets a homage of sorts in The Simpsons.

Director Robert Eggers brings the Viking epic back to the big screen in a big, bold and bloody way with “The Northman,” starring Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard in a new retelling of the myth of Amleth, the Scandinavian legend that inspired Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Eggers, who made a splash with his…

The actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked – and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier

Bertie Carvel is brilliant in The 47th, Mike Bartlett’s ingenious play about the former US president, but the real parallel is not with the Bard’s kings but his hollow braggarts

The last 75 years of peace (mostly) in Europe are an illusion: Historically, it's the heartland of global conflict

This heartwarming documentary about local villagers touring rural Turkey is full of transformative encounters and communal enjoyment

Mike Bartlett’s script turns US politics into Shakepearean comedy but falls oddly flat despite magnetising performances