Decolonising Shakespeare: Setting Othello in Ghana and Pericles in Glasgow
Over the last few years, the issue of decolonising the curriculum has become a growing concern for...
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Four Times Shakespeare Has Inspired Stories About Robots and AI
Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and...
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Nonverbal “King Lear” Review – Conflict in Visuals, Sounds, and Imaginations
What has been left after all well-written dialogues, which were once deemed to be the spirit of...
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Rena Matsui Tackles Shakespeare in an All-Female “Julius Caesar”
Rena Matsui always knew she wanted to enter the acting world, and launching her career by...
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“By Heart”: Can One Poem Save the World?
“I have an aversion to ‘immersive theater,’” Tiago Rodrigues says at the beginning of By Heart. He...
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The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theatre
Remembering the months of lockdown, I can’t be the only person to thrill to this play’s opening...
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“The Tragedy of Macbeth” at the Almeida Theatre
What does it take to stretch Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy to a runtime of over three hours? Not,...
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“Hamlet”: A Play That Speaks to Pandemics Past and Present
I went to the theatre for the first time in 15 months to see the Theatre Royal Windsor’s new...
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Shakespeare’s Rulers and Generals Are All Flawed, but the Books on His Leadership Lessons Keep Coming
John Bell’s new book Some Achieve Greatness is but the latest to use Shakespeare’s works to...
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Performing Shakespeare in the Era of COVID-19
Although tragedy is not usually the preferred companion for hard times, Anglophone pop culture...
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Interview with James Shapiro on Adaptation of Shakespeare Plays on the Contemporary Stage
James Shapiro is a Shakespeare scholar and a professor of English and Comparative Literature at...
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“The Other Solos, Shakespeare:” Brexit, Shakespeare, and Foreign Voices
Today, 23rd of April 2021, is the 405 anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. In two months, on...
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Playing Richard
Though theatrical season 2020/2021 isn’t the most eventful, it has brought to the stage number of...
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Hamlet is Shakespeare’s Greatest Villain
Who is Shakespeare’s greatest villain? Richard III? Iago? Macbeth? They all have a claim to the...
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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Conjures Dark Fantasies
A Midsummer Night’s Dream has the makings of a fairy tale: a forest full of meddling fairies,...
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“Call From”: A Web Series with Hilarity and Heart
Zoom plays can feel a little dry. I’m sure, after months of this quarantine, we’ve all had the...
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How The Streaming Theatre Uses Digital Storytelling to Its Advantage
As many have already said, the best streamed performances seem to be those that are made for the...
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“Balcony Scene in Quarantine”: TEATRX Presents Latinx Shakespeare in a Social Distancing World
When Benito Vasquez, Marissa Castillo, and Jorge Diaz founded TEATRX in 2018, they never could...
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UK-Based Flute Theatre Takes To Instagram To Help Those In The Autistic Spectrum
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant shifts in routines all over the world. With more...
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The Other Is Denied a Voice: Maja Kleczewska’s “Hamlet/Гамлет”
What is the role today of one of the pivotal narratives of Western culture, William Shakespeare’s...
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