Some of the best movies based on Shakespeare's plays aren't always obviously inspired by them, from Warm Bodies to The Lion ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." And beyond literature, his influence has shaped language, pop culture, and even psychology. Terms like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Shakespeare’s time, some critics and scholars have been unable to believe that a country boy from Stratford-Upon-Avon, who ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Adjoa Andoh, the inaugural Director's Resident at the Folger Shakespeare Library, about Shakespeare's relevance in modern times, and specifically to people of color.

Antony and Cleopatra? Exhausting. Lear? Magnificent but flawed. Hamlet? Limitless. For Shakespeare’s birthday, the Guardian’s former theatre critic ranks all the plays ...

Review: The Tempest, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Theatre Company. The Tempest, first performed in 1611 and probably Shakespeare’s last solo-written play before his late collaborations with John ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Rep gets a modern Birmingham twist.

In a poem prefacing the 1623 First Folio, playwright Ben Jonson describes Shakespeare as “not of an age, but for all time”.

The Scranton Shakespeare Festival has announced its 15th anniversary season, featuring six productions and expanded ...

TONIGHT. IT’S ABOUT RECONCILIATION AND REDEMPTION. ACTOR BRUCE ROACH IS TALKING ABOUT THE TEMPEST, THE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PLAY THAT’S BEING FEATURED IN SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK THIS SUMMER DEALS SO ...

By the time he reappears again, mentioned in a London pamphlet, Shakespeare has made his way to London without his family and is already working in the theatre. Having gained recognition as an actor ...