The Latest Breaking News from William Shakespeare

The theatrical world has lost a giant

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

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

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.

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

Who said it: Marlon Humphrey or William Shakespeare?

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

Director Heather Fairbairn wanted a real sense of melancholy.

G.N. Ranganatha Rao, 81, passed away in Bengaluru on Oct 9. He was a senior journalist, writer and translator. He wrote books on journalism, short stories, novels, satires, criticism, and poetry. He translated works of William Shakespeare, D.H. Lawrence, Franz Kafka, O'Henry, and Ramachandra Guha into Kannada.

Scientists are stunned by the hottest September on record; plus, the world’s third most powerful wind gust

Oak floorboards discovered at St George’s Guildhall, King’s Lynn, believed to be only surviving stage from Shakespeare’s time