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To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and ...
Although they were written more than 400 years ago, the words of William Shakespeare remain timeless. Thanks in large part to ...
The Bard churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra as London reeled from the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and ...
Another big-screen take on the Bard dumbs down classic literature, prioritizes its simpleminded pop music soundtrack.
Juliet & Romeo” — 1 star Panning a movie like “Juliet & Romeo” is a little like kicking a puppy. A puppy that chews the ...
Steggle provides "plenty of plausible evidence " but "no smoking gun," James Shapiro, a Shakespeare scholar at Columbia University, told the Post. It will likely "take some time for the smoke to clear ...
Though he was born centuries ago, we're still watching his plays and studying his works. And his words continue to resonate ...
William Shakespeare, who was born one of eight children 461 years ago on April 23, 1564, lived just 52 years. But in those years, Shakespeare would produce a bounty of plays, sonnets and poems ...
By the last years of Elizabeth I's reign Shakespeare was well established as a famous poet and playwright and was called upon to perform several of his plays before the Queen at court. In 1598 the ...
I was planning to use Dame Judi Dench’s book, “Shakespeare: The Man who Pays the Rent” (St. Martin’s Press, 400 pgs., $32 hardback) next month in this column, but then I remembered that William ...
Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall. A new bust of William Shakespeare will be on display as part of the celebrations for the Bard’s 461st birthday. Entitled ‘Shakespeare of the Deep’ it been ...