In 1606, as England was roiling from a near-assassination attempt on King James, the plague returned to wreak havoc on Londoners once again. But Shakespeare knew how to navigate the bumpy terrain ...

He bequeathed us the magnificent King James Bible and, as Shakespeare’s patron, some of the finest plays in the English language. But here’s the question that Gareth Russell puts at the centre ...

He told a contact at the Royal Shakespeare Company ... stagings — scholars date the first to a performance at King James’ court in 1606 — “Lear” was considered famously difficult.

As well as belonging to its pool of actors and playwrights, Shakespeare was one of the managing partners of the Lord Chamberlain's Company (renamed the King's Company when James succeeded to the ...

King James VI of Scotland (seated ... Bridgeman/ACI Known as the Scottish play, Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare and first performed in 1606. The tragedy follows a Scottish nobleman ...

“We wanted to stamp that James Earl Jones is so important to the legacy of 'The Lion King' (and ... Jones did a monologue from Shakespeare’s “Othello” while Miranda debuted the first ...

After Elizabeth I died, Shakespeare’s company was awarded a royal patent by King James I (VI of Scotland), and became the King’s Men. King Lear, probably composed in this year, took divided ...