The Latest Breaking News from Shakespeare

Macbeth review – an excess of sound and fury

Efforts to make Shakespeare accessible to all rub against confused staging and wayward delivery in Amy Leach’s ambitious production

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2022

Denzel Washington tackles Shakespeare and life's fourth quarter with grace

LOS ANGELES — Denzel Washington and I have been talking for a good, long stretch on a recent late Friday afternoon, discussing life's fourth quarter, the September of our years, when, pretty much out of nowhere, he starts singing Neil Young's "Southern Man."

Los Angeles Times · Mar 9, 2022

Ukraine war: Zelensky echoes Churchill in historic address to Parliament in appeal for more support from UK

The Ukrainian president used language similar to the British war leader and quoted from Shakespeare during his speech

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2022

Things to do in London this weekend (March 4-6)

From ball pits and burlesque to a boozed-up Shakespeare

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2022

The Merchant of Venice review – heart-wrenching revenge remix

Abigail Graham trims and reshuffles Shakespeare’s play with glitzy gameshow scenes and a brutal, lonely reckoning

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2022

Patrick Stewart says during year-long Macbeth run he would ‘go straight home and drink alcohol until he passed out’

Actor confesses he had ‘difficult patches’ when he was playing Shakespeare’s Scottish general

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022

Barbara Gaines exiting Chicago Shakespeare Theater post

“My mission over these many years has been to fill the world with the humanity of Shakespeare — a writer who understands the immediacy of being human,” Gaines said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2022

The King William’s College quiz 2021 – the answers

Just after Christmas, we published the Isle of Man school’s 117th fiendish general knowledge paper. Did you dare to try it? Here are the answers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2022

Conor McGregor told his latest boast is "some f****** Shakespeare s***"

Former two-weight champion McGregor said that he has the best ground and pound in the UFC and Sean O'Malley has since reacted to the bold claim

Daily Mirror · Feb 22, 2022

Dennis Lee obituary

Other lives: Proud Yorkshireman and constant reader on engineering, fly fishing and Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2022