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Shakespeare expert overturns fly-tipper myth about playwright’s father

Exclusive: John Shakespeare’s muckhill fine in 1552 was a waste disposal toll rather than a punishment, researcher says

The Guardian - UK

Peter Straughan To Adapt Shakespeare's First Folio For Screen

Discover the upcoming film 'Folio' by Peter Straughan, delving into the story of Heminges and Condell's efforts to preserve Shakespeare's works.

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Shakespeare’s First Folio: State Library of NSW takes the Bard’s ‘radical’ 400-year-old book out of the vault

Half of Shakespeare’s plays would have been lost without it – and it is now among the most valuable books in the world

The Guardian - AU

Eddie Izzard returns to New York for a version of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' with just one actor onstage

Eddie Izzard is returning to a New York stage this winter for an ambitious version of “Hamlet.”

The Independent UK

Teacher Refuses To Call Girl By The Name She’s Been Using For 3 Years, Parent Asks For Advice

The great William Shakespeare once asked, "What's in a name?" A lot, as it turns out—especially if you don't like it.

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The Crown gets it right – every waning TV show should have a ghost in it

Netflix’s royal smash has sparked criticism for scenes involving a Princess Diana apparition sharing words of wisdom from the great beyond. But these ghost-averse detractors are missing the point, writes Adam White. So much modern, earthbound TV would be better off if they suddenly became supernatural

The Independent UK

A plague on both their houses? Politicos grapple with 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio

William Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”. Some are dramatically relevant to this era of war and ceaseless tension, from Richard III to Julius Caesar and King Lear.

Evening Standard

Jane Jones obituary

Other lives: Primary school teacher with a lifelong devotion to the works of William Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK

All of Shakespeare in under two hours

Three Players will run through all 37 of the Bard's plays.

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From Nabokov to Miffy: Liu Ye on his cultural references

Artist Liu Ye tells us what inspires him, as his exhibition ‘Naive and Sentimental Painting’ is on show in London

The Guardian - UK

Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’, says Cummings

Former adviser tells inquiry of ‘low point’ in pandemic response, saying then-PM was ‘extremely distracted’

The Independent UK

Johnson ‘asked Whitty and Vallance if special hair dryer could kill Covid’

Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The National (Scotland)

Dominic Cummings: Boris Johnson said 'British state had totally failed'

FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson asked scientists if it was possible to kill Covid by blowing a hairdryer up your nose after watching a YouTube…

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Robert Brustein, theater critic and pioneer who founded stage programs for Yale and Harvard, dies

The theatrical world has lost a giant

The Canberra Times

Five things to do in Canberra this weekend

There's two Shakespeare interpretations, plus the Wharf Revue and a country music tribute.

Evening Standard

Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre review: a solid, elegant take on Maggie O’Farrell’s bestseller

Initially slow, the show about Shakespeare and his family weaves a beguiling narrative web around the creation of life and art

The Conversation

Australian theatre companies are shunning Shakespeare. A much-needed break, or a mistake?

A decade ago, William Shakespeare was the most performed playwright in Australia. In 2024 not one mainstage theatre company in Australia will perform Shakespeare. The only exception will be Bell Shakespeare.

The Guardian - UK

Haters gonna hate … but stars like Taylor Swift can help to make literature pop

I teach the megastar’s lyrics. Adding contemporary material to school curriculums won’t dumb down – it will inspire, says academic Elly McCausland

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Ravens players hilariously failed at guessing what quotes came from Marlon Humphrey or Shakespeare

Who said it: Marlon Humphrey or William Shakespeare?

The Guardian - UK

Animal music, broken bridges and amazing shoe designs – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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