Regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, some of William Shakespeare’s work is now viewed by as ...

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is set to “decolonise” its extensive museum collections after research claimed the ...

Romeo and Juliet. Very good. How about this one: "If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that ...

Some academics say Shakespeare creates a 'dark/light binary' which casts dark or black as negative and white or fair as positive. The Globe has sought to address the more troubling aspects of ...

When they do Shakespeare, it’s not just ‘let’s put Black people onstage doing Shakespeare,’ it’s also doing it the correct way, in a respectful way that represents us in all the ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and ...

It’s an appearance from the man who had become known as the ‘African Roscius’…Ira Aldridge – the first black actor to play Shakespeare’s parts. His appearance would have caused a ...