A closer look at how witchcraft and the Supernatural influenced some of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays. Resources for primary and secondary students.

The symbols are known as apotropaic marks and tend to be carved into stone or woodwork near entrances like doorways, windows and fireplaces. IT's thought that they would then ward off witches and ...

People were extremely superstitious in Shakespeare’s day. This affected people’s views on everything from religion to treating illnesses. Some people even accused local women of being witches.

The faint symbols, which have been found on the Tower of London and at Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, offered protection when belief in the supernatural and witchcraft was rife.

Women of the Early 1900s Rallied Behind Beautiful, Wartless Witches Women looking to work, vote and marry whomever they wanted turned the Halloween icon into a powerful symbol ...

She wishes to reframe opinions of women -- especially those believed to be witches -- in Shakespeare's play from "comical, evil, scary, sinister, old and ugly" to "empowered, fun, sexy and young." ...

WAVE Productions’ take on Shakespeare’s classic “Macbeth” brings the play’s oft-overlooked yet omnipresent witches and women to the forefront. WAVE will present its rendition of ...

Ghosts of Shakespeare’s past are rising from the dead for one night only. Shakespeare in the Dark, at Wayne Morse Family Farm Oct. 29, provides a special interactive event for this haunting ...

THREE WITCHES a new take on Shakespeare's Macbeth will play July 13 - 29, in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, CA. at the Moving Arts Theatre Space.