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

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

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

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

The oldest working theatre in the UK recently celebrated its rich Shakespearean heritage with a talk by its creative director ...

Shakespeare may have a lot to say about love, but he also had no lack of words when it comes to a serious clapback. The man loved snappy banter and wicked wisecracks so much that his plays are a ...

ABSTRACT: Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II employs maritime imagery to interrogate Elizabethan anxieties over permeable borders ... framed through territorial language, exposes the era’s crisis of ...

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It explores Shakespeare's life in Elizabethan England, his upbringing in Stratford, and the historical context of his plays. The text emphasizes that Shakespeare's characters and themes resonate ...

The people here just have their own way of speaking: it's like someone took Elizabethan English, sprinkled in some Irish tones and 1700s Scottish accents, then mixed it all up with pirate slang.