Funny Books for Young Readers: Jeff Kinney, the author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, shares a handful of titles that ...

Patrick Page's traveling lecture-solo show reanimates Shakespeare's villains in master class presentation at BroadStage.

Jessie Buckley, already the Best Actress Oscar frontrunner, is remarkable as William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes in Chloé Zhao’s ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --William Shakespeare grieves the loss of his son, Hamnet, in the film of the same name, which arrived in theaters in November and stars Paul Mescal as the famous playwright. The movie ...

As effective as the scenes are in the finished film, Zhao was torn about including the soliloquy. The director, who won an Oscar for the pensive Nomadland, wanted Hamnet’s screenplay to incorporate ...

For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent in movies. Of course, there are endless adaptations of and riffs on his work — ...

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Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped the bard's most famous works. This illustration shows William Shakespeare ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 (UPI) --Hamnet, in theaters Wednesday, brings new depth to William Shakespeare. The story tells a tragedy greater than any of Shakespeare's plays, yet offers more hope. Paul ...

In her moving 2020 novel, Hamnet, the Northern Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell explored the possibility that a real-life tragedy may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.

Could the discovery of a third portrait of William Shakespeare be a genuine article? There are only two accepted representations of William Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a ...