William Shakespeare

If William Shakespeare were around today it's unclear whether he'd have made it as a playwright. My guess is that he'd probably be credited as "Will Shakes," and would be penning Off-Off-Broadway plays about the Iraq War and submitting spec...

In this article: Julia Stiles, Hamlet, Ethan Hawke, Suicide, Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Iraq War, and Romeo & Juliet

...which transferred from London's West End, opened in New York's Broadhurst Theatre in October. "It's heartening to see that Shakespeare can be a commercial success on Broadway," said the show's producer. She added that the...

In this article: Hamlet, Broadway, Jude Law, Michael Grandage, Ben Brantley, and London

Article:Dromgoole finds life lessons in Shakespeare:/c/a/2009/11/04/DDVL1A9AU3. DTL Dominic Dromgoole is obsessed with Shakespeare. He describes his lifelong love affair in his 2006 book, "Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My...

In this article: Globe Theatre, Ideology, Love's Labour's Lost, Will, Shakespeare's plays, Osama bin Laden, Rupert Murdoch, and United States

...and father alike. Tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Wellesley Booksmith shop, the Watertown resident will read from his adaptation of the Shakespeare classic. Hinds has distilled all of the play's betrayal, passion, action, and poetry into...

In this article: King Lear, Beowulf, The Odyssey, The Merchant of Venice, Grendel, Candlewick Press, Bard, and Homer

...fellow cast mates in Broadway's production of "Hamlet" have no reason to be melancholy: They are an official hit. Producers of the Shakespeare classic now playing at the Broadhurst Theatre said Wednesday they've recouped the show's $2.5...

In this article: Jude Law, Hamlet, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, and NEW YORK

...non-funding are hard to understand. Yet again, we see a perpetuation of the misunderstanding that Shakespeare is off the syllabus. One of this year's Shakespeare texts is Much Ado About Nothing." But Dr Dunford, leader of the ASCL head...

In this article: Much Ado About Nothing, UK, and Cambridge

...adaptation of the violent political drama. Gerard, 39, will play Tullus Aufidius, commander of the Volscian army from Shakespeare's play, while Ralph, 46, will take the title role. The hot Scot joins a cast that includes William...

In this article: Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Glee, New Moon, Coriolanus, Ugly Truth, Khloe Kardashian, and Lamar Odom

Old English meets Billboard's Top 20 in the Dallas Theater Center's neon, new-age production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by the company's visionary Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty. This playful,...

In this article: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, Nick Bottom, Joshua Prince-Ramus, Rem Koolhaas, Baz Luhrman, and Keri Hilson

...David Tennant as Hamlet Photo: ALASTAIR MUIR A former colleague became so tired of jumped-up directors imposing their own vision on Shakespeare that he declared that he would rather watch the actors standing on a bare stage in evening...

In this article: Simon Russell Beale, Paul Robeson, Royal Shakespeare Company, David Tennant, God, and Coriolanus

...Shakespeare (Abridged)" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wright Auditorium. "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" is all 37 Shakespeare plays in an irreverent, fast-paced 97-minute romp. The production was London's...

In this article: Reduced Shakespeare Company, Daniel Singer, London, Ophelia, Hamlet, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Gertrude