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Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre review: Sorely disappointing

It’s not a bad show, just ponderous and hollow

Evening Standard

Emojis in the office: have they made your emails not suitable for work?

A new study says many employees think a work communication without an emoji lacks something. But with generations split over their meanings, sending them is not risk-free

The Guardian - UK

LOTR stars seek justice for Moriarty

Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd spoke to Salon about the "annoying" Sherlock, Shakespeare & their long friendship

Salon

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Katherine Parkinson: ‘I used to think it was not a big deal being sexually fulfilled... But it’s massively important to your entire being’

The ‘IT Crowd’ and ‘Here We Go’ star is playing Beatrice in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. She talks to Jessie Thompson about using wit as a defence, problematic Shakespeare plays and why female desire is a feminist issue

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson memoir could earn him ‘north of £1m’

Insiders say outgoing prime minister unlikely to write about personal life but book deal possible this autumn

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 books about twins

Writers from William Shakespeare to Angela Carter and George RR Martin have been been inspired by the doubled lives of these familial pairs

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare or Love Island? A chance to shine in 1,000 words

Stories are told everywhere and on every platform. We toast the latest innovative developments. So now you can tell us your tale, says Lotte Jeffs

Evening Standard

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Max Martin, super-producer behind Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, headed to Broadway with Shakespearian remix ‘& Juliet’

NEW YORK — A pop music-peppered remix of Shakespeare’s most fabled romantic tale is headed to The Great White Way this fall.

Tribune News Service

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

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…

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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.

The Guardian - UK

Peter Brook obituary

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

The National (Scotland)

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 Guardian - UK

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

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Liverpool Echo

A 'magical' woodland theatre is coming to Merseyside

The Hillbark Players are bringing a Shakespeare classic to Wirral

The Conversation

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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.

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