My hand cramped as the 45-minute timer disrupted the silence of the classroom. With a couple of seconds to spare, I completed my essay analyzing the prevalence of power and authority in King Lear.

In reading about Contested Will, James Shapiro’s new book about who wrote Shakespeare (otherwise known as the Shakespeare authorship debate), I thought about how people who love Shakespeare ...

I had a friendly e-mail from Wes Martin the other day. Normally, theater people only write to tell me that I’m profoundly fucked up and need to be fired, but Wes, who’s the artistic director of the ...

“Shakespeare’s plays have captured the imagination of millions of people throughout the world for over 400 years and are as exciting and provocative today as the day they were written.” –The Sydney ...