Who’s Afraid of William Shakespeare?
Why might American theaters be running away from Shakespeare? Shakespeare’s plays tend to be big and expensive. Theaters are ...
With ‘Pericles,’ the Royal Shakespeare Company and Chicago Shakes begin a new transatlantic collaboration
RSC co-artistic director Tamara Harvey spoke to the Tribune about the two company’s plans and why it’s fun to put on a ...
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Jodi Picoult imagines an alternative history where Shakespeare’s plays were written by an Italian courtesan
This latest thumper from Jodi Picoult is a strap-yourself-in helter-skelter romp through two worlds of theatre, set four ...
Bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult on why she thinks Shakespeare was a woman
Did William Shakespeare write his plays? Novelist Jodi Picoult doesn’t think so and tells Claire Allfree why she has chosen ...
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‘No Darkness But Ignorance’ — Shakespeare in the Public Schools
The pressure to remove William Shakespeare’s work from the curriculum is a symptom of a deeper ideological problems in the ...
SNL at The Moon: Bert Mitchell brings Shakespeare to late-night comedy
So starts Southern Shakespeare Company’s Bert A. Mitchell, writer, actor, director, and board member. Mitchell is one of the ...
Shakespeare’s Obsession With Queer Desire
Shakespeare’s culture and society made much more space for the articulation of same-sex desire than we might expect.
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
No playwright has influenced the world of theater as fundamentally as William Shakespeare. But while much has been ... much more than a piece where English history has been (re)written. The play shows ...
Come, play the Bard card
At its core, this kind of theatre remains raw and vulnerable, audience, even if disturbed at times, cannot turn away ...