Some of the best movies based on Shakespeare's plays aren't always obviously inspired by them, from Warm Bodies to The Lion ...

Shakespeare’s brooding prince comes off as bored at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. But Bedlam’s lean production of “Othello” ...

Before penicillin arrived on the scene, syphilis was a very real horror for philandering citizens. By the early 1500s, syphilis filled every corner of Europe. Called the “Great Pox,” it permeated all ...

A researcher claims to have pinpointed the exact location of Shakespeare's so-called missing London home in Blackfriars, ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Adjoa Andoh, the inaugural Director's Resident at the Folger Shakespeare Library, about ...

For centuries, William Shakespeare’s life in London has carried a strange gap that historians could never fully close. People ...

The Scranton Shakespeare Festival has announced its 15th anniversary season, featuring six productions and expanded ...

Staunton, Virginia, is home to the world’s first-ever re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre, the Blackfriars Playhouse.

Brevity Shakespeare operates with a clear mission to make classical theater accessible to all through community-based ...

For those who enjoy Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” mark your calendars: a performance similar to the infamous story will take the stage at the Lebanon Library in mid-May. 31 ...

Scooter Pietsch’s play is filled with the most loathsome trio of characters that you’re likely to find in a marital farce.