The gripping tale of how a 400-year-old edition of the first collection of William Shakespeare plays was stolen, recovered ...

Like an ageing rock band contracted for one last farewell tour, in Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s back playing the hits.

A nonprofit that oversees museums commemorating William Shakespeare's life is purportedly working to "decolonize" his legacy ...

In 2021, The Globe Theatre launched a project to 'decolonise' Shakespeare's famous plays, while experts claimed his work is 'problematic' for linking whiteness to beauty. The London theatre ...

William Shakespeare’s plays have an undeniable universality, and yet the charity founded to safeguard the work is planning to denigrate it, writes Lara Brown. This sort of cultural vandalism is not in ...

For all of Shakespeare's impact on the world, no one has dared to make a sequel to any of his plays. That is until Steve Coogan came along. In 2008, the British comic took center stage in the ...

Regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, some of William Shakespeare’s work is now viewed by as racist, sexist and homophobic.

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks kicks off its 53rd season with free performances of Shakespeare’s "As You Like It," June ...

Durham University's First Folio was originally purchased by Bishop John Cosin around the year 1620 and was added to his library in 1669. Some 750 copies are said to have been printed originally, ...

despite being born in 1564 and largely writing plays that took place in Western Europe, is being scrutinized for his alleged impact on colonialism. The process of decolonizing Shakespeare’s work ...