Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that ...

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

Romeo and Juliet. Very good. How about this one: "If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that surfeiting the appetite may sicken, and so die." - Twelfth Night, very good. All ...

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is set to “decolonise” its extensive museum collections after research claimed the playwright’s legacy has been used to advance ideas of “white supremacy”. The trust, ...

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 ...

which garnered hostile reactions from sections of the press opposed to a black man performing Shakespeare in such a prestigious venue. The cancellation of the engagement after only two nights ...