Sigourney Weaver Explains Why She Went Back To King Lear While Working On Her Master Gardener Character Sigourney Weaver explains how King Lear helped her work on her character for the Master Gardener. Cinemablend · May 19, 2023
Danai Gurira talks embodying Richard III Salon talks to the hero of "The Walking Dead" and "Black Panther" franchises about Shakespeare's top villain Salon · May 18, 2023
'I gave my son a made up fantasy name - everyone says it's stupid but I love it' A dad has been slammed for 'pushing his passions' on to his son by naming him after Romeo and Juliet and The Lord of the Rings characters - and not considering how it could make him a target for bullying Daily Mirror · May 15, 2023
Dame Judi Dench was visited by police after claim she stole a deer The actor has spoken about the bizarre incident that saw her get a visit from the law Wales Online · May 15, 2023
Dame Judi Dench visited by police after being accused of 'stealing deer from park' The acting legend explained that she and her late husband Michael Williams were driving home from the theatre when the animal suddenly leapt out in front of their car. Daily Record · May 13, 2023
Shocked Dame Judi Dench visited by police after claim she stole deer from park The 88-year-old, who played spy boss M in eight James Bond films, said she and late husband Michael Williams had herded the animal back into a park after it jumped out right in front of their car Daily Mirror · May 13, 2023
David Tennant will play Macbeth in Donmar Warehouse production in December Scots star David Tennant has previously performed lead roles in Hamlet, Richard II and Romeo And Juliet. Daily Record · May 5, 2023
Richard II by William Shakespeare: why 'the divine right of kings' (still) matters What do you do with a bad king? And what do you do when that bad king is (allegedly) appointed by God? The Conversation · May 5, 2023
Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy caught short in street after boozy night out Cillian Murphy and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight had plenty to discuss as they sunk Guinness and champagne but the Thomas Shelby actor was caught short Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2023
James Shapiro wins Baillie Gifford anniversary prize with ‘extraordinary’ Shakespeare biography 1599 The English professor’s analysis of a pivotal year in the playwright’s life triumphed over a shortlist that included Craig Brown, Barbara Demick and Wade Davis The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023
Australia's oldest library starts daily opening of Shakespeare Room for 1st time As the oldest library in Australia, the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) on April 24 started opening Shakespeare Room seven days a week to the public for the first time in its history. The Times of India · Apr 26, 2023
Neon noir thriller is Macbeth retold for the 21st Century Shakespeare's tale of political ambition, murder and madness gets a modern makeover Liverpool Echo · Apr 25, 2023
How Sachin Tendulkar became 'God of Cricket' NEW DELHI: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, the evergreen poster boy of Indian cricket, turned 50 on April 24. The Times of India · Apr 24, 2023
‘Shakespeare can help us survive war’: Ukrainian academic toasts bard in UK visit Nataliya Torkut likens Zelenskiy to Henry V at Agincourt as she visits Stratford-upon-Avon to mark playwright’s birthday The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023 Follow the money: the story of slavery and Shakespeare’s First Folio As we reckon with the UK’s colonial past, we need to examine the history behind valuable books – even our beloved Shakespeare
The Conversation · Apr 21, 2023 Shakespeare's environmentalism: how his plays explore the same ecological issues we face today Climate change, urban sprawl, air pollution, deforestation, depleted fish stocks, biodiversity and species loss: these are not exclusively modern problems that only sprang up in the last few hundred years. In fact, the common but misleading phrase “industrial revolution” masks the long history of resource extraction and ecological degradation in…
The Conversation · Apr 20, 2023 Shakespeare by numbers: how mathematical breakthroughs influenced the Bard’s plays Mathematical motifs feature in many of Shakespeare’s most memorable scenes. He lived and wrote in the late 16th century, when new mathematical concepts were transforming perceptions of the world. Part of the role of the theatre was to process the cultural implications of all these changes.
The Conversation · Apr 20, 2023 Shakespeare's First Folio turns 400: what would be lost without the collection? An expert speculates It has been 400 years since the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a volume now known as the First Folio. Prepared by his fellow actors after his death, the book presented 36 plays divided into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy.
Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023 For Patrick Stewart, Jean-Luc Picard is 'the biggest thing that's ever happened to me' LOS ANGELES — As the august space voyager Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart commanded the Starship Enterprise on and off across seven seasons of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," four feature films, and, after a two-decade pause, three seasons of "Picard." It's a role he took only because he was assured…
The Week · Apr 20, 2023 Hamnet review: ‘beautifully acted’ but doesn’t ‘pierce the heart’ The RSC has reopened its refurbished Swan Theatre with an eagerly anticipated adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel Hamnet, said Sam Marlowe in The Stage. As “snug and supple” a fit for the Stratford stage as one of the bespoke gloves made by William Shakespeare’s bullying father, it imagines the…
Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2023 Curtain’s nearly up on London’s new museum of Shakespeare Predecessor to the Bard’s Globe redeveloped as tourist site
The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023 First printed edition of Shakespeare’s plays to go on display The First Folio will go on display at London’s Guildhall Library for its 400th anniversary.
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2023 Taylor Swift is a real poet, Shakespeare expert says as he compares her to the Bard US superstar is more than just high-class showbiz, says scholar who became a ‘Swiftie’
The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023 With 'Camelot,' a legendary fight director exits the fray A complex and thrilling fight scene with broad swords in a spring Broadway revival of “Camelot” will be the swan song for a legendary fight director
The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2023 Hamnet review – slick adaptation captures Shakespeare’s horrified unravelling Lolita Chakrabarti’s staging of Maggie O’Farrell’s moving novel about the death of the playwright’s son – and his resurrection in Hamlet – is powerfully played, with the occasional cheesy line