Gertrude Stein’s Preparations for the Afterlife

Gertrude Stein had no doubt that she was a genius. “I have been the creative literary mind of the century,” she once boasted.
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Act one, scene one: Professor Kevin McClatchy’s journey in theater

Director Kevin McClatchy faces students on the stage, sharing feedback after an emotional scene. The theater is empty, aside from the cast. The lights are set to half-house, leaving the back of the ...

How Real Events Shaped Shakespeare’s Most Famous Tragedies—and Inspired ‘Hamnet’

William Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear,’ ‘Macbeth,’ and ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ as London reeled from the foiled 1605 Gunpowder ...

Appreciation: Tom Stoppard reinvigorated the comedy of ideas

An appreciation of playwright Tom Stoppard, known for such plays as 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,' 'Travesties,' ...

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for Shakespeare In Love, has died at 88

In a statement Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard died “peacefully” at his home in Dorset in southern England, surrounded ...

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Oscar for ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ dead at 88

The award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died, according to his talent agency United Agents. He was 88.

Tony-winning playwright Tom Stoppard dead at 88

Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Tony-winning playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died at the age of 88. The scribe ...

Playwright Tom Stoppard who won Academy Award for screenplay for 'Shakespeare In Love' has died

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He ...