Browsing: Shakespeare

Act 1. Scene 1. A classroom in a secondary school in Peterborough. It is a dreary, wet afternoon. Pupils file into the room, take their seats…

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!” King Lear, Act III, Scene 2A fierce wind and strong swell had turned the Atlantic into a rollercoaster…

The Telluride Film Festival always brings A-list actors and filmmakers to the picturesque Colorado mountain town. This year, the festival’s also welcoming two larger-than-life icons: William…

[On returning to the stage last year after an 18-year break:] I get so much joy from being onstage. The opportunity has opened up and now…

This will not be your father’s “Hamlet” — or even your dead-king father’s “Hamlet” — when writer-director Robert O’Hara’s reinterpretation of the Shakespeare perennial opens at…