"Shylock is among the most quintessential antisemitic stereotypes," said Amy Spitalnick of the Jewish Council for Public ...

When they finally escaped, one of the mermaids cursed the village with the words: "The sea shall flow to Jackdaws' Well" and, ...

The Marin Shakespeare Company has brought Shakespeare to San Quentin for more than 20 years. "The people who are incarcerated need to be seen as human beings who we have a responsibility to try to ...

For centuries, William Shakespeare ‘s marriage to Anne Hathaway has not been viewed as the most joyous of unions. He was 18 when he wed the pregnant 26-year-old Hathaway—an age gap that has ...

LONDON — Fresh analysis by a British scholar of a long-forgotten fragment of a letter addressed to the “Good Mrs Shakspaire” suggests that the renowned playwright William Shakespeare might ...

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.

While Shakespeare made history with these plays, The Player Kings becomes history in the making: a landmark Australian production. The Player Kings from Sport for Jove is at the Seymour Centre ...

Human Consciousness Arose From a Bunch of Apes Getting Stoned, Controversial Theory Suggests Did apes get high on mushrooms and accidentally invent what we experience as consciousness?

Discover the controversial conspiracy theories that challenge Shakespeare’s authorship, from the Baconian Theory to the Alien Theory and beyond.

Shakespeare’s narrator explores his passionate, compulsive desire for a “lovely boy” across 126 poems. If there’s a characteristic mood to Shakespeare’s dozens of queer sonnets, it’s ...

Series five has started filming, with Jo Joyner, Mark Benton and Patrick Walshe McBride reprising their roles I’m delighted that Shakespeare and Hathaway are back! Expect more murder, more ...

But she was dedicated to her craft, assuming lead roles in productions of Shakespeare, Shaw, Chekhov, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, much of it in repertory and regional theater.