A federal judge Monday struck down an attempt by Texas A M University TAMU officials to ban drag performances across its 11 ...

A version of “King Henry IV” adapted into Americana folk songs has its world premiere at Players Club Swarthmore.

In its pledge to ‘decolonize’ the Bard’s legacy, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has forsaken its historical mission in ...

A new production of Othello foregrounds what the play’s earliest audiences recognized: the psychological costs of war.

Edward de Vere’s life — as are his plays — was extremely complicated. Like many of his characters, he was impetuous and often ...

Though they know that he is dangerous, the followers help him advance to his goal, which is the possession of supreme power.” ...

Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation: Literary Negotiation of Religious Difference argues, via the work of English playwright William Shakespeare, the importance of Catholicism as a necessary ...

Tim FitzHigham, creative director of Shakespeare's Guildhall in King's Lynn, Norfolk, says he believes many of the Bard's ...

Like most matters involving sex and gender, it's complicated. Here's an FYI on the ERA. The original Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed as the Lucretia Mott Amendment in 1923, read as follows ...

Two West Midlands primary schools have taken to the stage to mark the beginning of Shakespeare Week. The national series of events for school children celebrates the playwright, which organisers ...

An intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan deeds register for nearly 400 years. Researchers have finally been able to reveal it with cutting ...

“The more familiar you are with Shakespeare, the more you’ve rolled it around in your mouth, the more elastic and liquid it will become on the floor, and it’s got to be a second language to you.