Furthermore, Shakespeare often includes misogynistic themes within his works, most notably in "Hamlet." Prince Hamlet expresses deep contempt for his mother, Queen Gertrude, who married his uncle ...

“Shakespeare in Love” producer Edward Zwick let readers in on a few big secrets about the making of the Oscar-winning 1998 film. The period romance starred Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes ...

A portrait of William Shakespeare in central London on March 9, 2009. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo Why It Matters. Despite living over 400 years ago, Shakespeare's life and work still fascinate ...

Karim-Cooper, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washingto, D.C., says Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" spoke directly to her: "I think as a Pakistani-American teenager, I couldn't ...

The production, which will be the fifth “Hamlet” in the 61 years of Free Shakespeare in the Park, will star Ato Blankson-Wood, a 38-year-old actor who was a member of the ensemble in a ...

Without the First Folio, Half of Shakespeare’s Plays Would Have Been Lost to History The 400-year-old text presented the Bard’s plays as serious literature, muddling the boundaries between ...

Literary allusions are everywhere. What are they good for? By A.O. Scott You see it everywhere, even if you don’t always recognize it: the literary allusion. Quick! Which two big novels of the ...

Every summer, for 50 years, Buffalo’s historic Delaware Park undergoes a magical transformation: Between Hoyt Lake and the Rose Garden, a towering stage emerges in the park’s natural amphitheater.

Dr. Lichtenberg is a lecturer at Yale University and the resident dramaturg at the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, D.C. It seemed, for a moment, that Shakespeare was being canceled ...