Though fewer and fewer people likely remember him, the distinguished actor John Houseman played many roles in his lifetime. But those who do recall him likely have only two recollections that ...

In this lecture, Robert Pogue Harrison argues that the monologues in Dante’s Inferno are in some ways more “modern” in their psychology than the soliloquies in Shakespeare’s tragedies.

08:55, Fri, Oct 3, 2025 Updated: 09:09, Fri, Oct 3, 2025 A Shakespearean adaptation boasting a stellar A-list ensemble is currently available on Apple TV+, following other viewers who have relished a ...

In the world of Taylor Swift, tragic endings for Shakespearean heroines get turned into happily ever afters. Not because her versions of Juliet and Ophelia have taken control of their own fate—but ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Sarah Olive is a member of the British Shakespeare Association's Education Committee (a registered charity) and founding editor of the free, online magazine Teaching Shakespeare. As pupils head back ...

An archivist rediscovered a 17 th-century will pertaining to the property of William Shakespeare, which had been missing for 150 years. The will belonged to Thomas Nash, husband of Shakespeare’s ...

Surely no soapy bubble in Harlem’s Speedy Suds laundromat has ever had the ebullience of this daring escape. In a hilarious scene in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “Merry Wives,” the chubby rogue ...

The Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, the Mahindra Humanities Center, and Harvard University Press hosted a discussion commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the Norton Lectures on ...

As summer nights fade into autumn glow, The Taming of the Shrew wraps up Shakespeare Dallas’ 2025 season, but there is a twist to this Shakespearean battle of the sexes. The outdoor production running ...

The rediscovery of an exquisite 16th-century miniature portrait has reignited centuries-old speculation about a possible romantic entanglement between William Shakespeare and his first patron, Henry ...

Oneika Phillips is an acclaimed actor, dancer, and choreographer bringing her talent to the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Merry Wives. Known as the first Grenadian woman to perform on Broadway, ...