The title of Daniel Swift’s book “The Dream Factory,” about the creative and capitalist conditions of Elizabethan drama, ...

Teen slang "6-7" isn't new - it traces back to medieval dice games from the 1300s. Shakespeare used it in "Richard II." ...

"Hamnet" marks a powerful comeback for Chloé Zhao, blending Shakespearean history with raw emotion and a standout performance by Jessie Buckley.

Handel's Partenope is one of his least often performed operas, but superb singing at the London Coliseum shows how glorious ...

These rough edges are largely sanded off in Zhao and O’Farrell’s adaptation, and there’s something about this actor’s ...

Bankside – the stretch of river on the south of the Thames between Blackfriars Bridge and London Bridge – has transformed in ...

The 16th century replica ship in Southwark is getting its starboard refurbished If you grew up within (or just outside) the ...

Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped ...

A film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as the Bard and his wife, ...

In a kingdom recently divided by faith, Elizabeth I’s government turned to espionage to defend the Protestant crown. This is ...

Based on a 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell, director Chloé Zhao's film presupposes that “Hamlet” was not a reworking of the ...

Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet, on which the film is based, is a feminist revisionist version, speculating on a true love ...