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 ...

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 ...

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.

“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 ...