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Posted inFilm

Denzel Washington Stars in a New Black-and-White Macbeth

by Forrest Cardamenis December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

Working for the first time without his brother Ethan, Coen’s film adaptation, featuring Denzel Washington as Macbeth, embraces the text with unusual faithfulness.

Posted inOpinion

Shakespeare in the Park with an All-Black Cast is Still Played Out

by Daniel Larkin September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

Is it possible to revere the long illustrious history of Shakespeare in the Park, which includes fine Black actors such as James Earl Jones, while also suggesting it may no longer serve a changing city?

Posted inPerformance

Everyone Falls for Everyone in This Operatic Romp Based on Shakespeare

by John Sherer February 15, 2019

Rather than sticking to a literalistic depiction of the woods of Fairyland, Robert Carsen sets his adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a more symbolic land of beds.

Posted inBooks

A Compendium of Shakespeare’s Plants, from Juliet’s Rose to Ophelia’s Bouquet

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 17, 2017May 20, 2022

The book Botanical Shakespeare, by historian Gerit Quealy with illustrations by Sumié Hasegawa-Collins, compiles the roughly 175 mentions of plants in Shakespeare’s plays.

Posted inArt

A Somber Sculpture of the First Black Actor to Play Othello

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 12, 2017April 12, 2017

When Ira Aldridge took the London stage in 1825, he became the first black actor to portray Shakespeare’s Othello.

Posted inNews

Saved by Shakespeare’s Father, a Series of Medieval Murals Is Finally Restored

by Claire Voon December 14, 2016December 15, 2016

A group of wall paintings in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Guild Chapel should have been destroyed in 1563, but John Shakespeare had them covered in limewash instead, preserving them for centuries.

Posted inArt

Actors Have Been Dying to Play the Skeletal Role of Yorick in ‘Hamlet’

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 12, 2016October 16, 2017

Reports last month suggested that the skull of playwright William Shakespeare was no longer in his grave.

Posted inArt

The Poisons, Potions, and Charms of Shakespeare’s Plays

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 5, 2016August 19, 2021

Potions, poisons, and symbolic herbs are frequent plot devices in the plays of William Shakespeare, and reflect the medical knowledge of his time.

Posted inArt

A Theater’s 18th-Century Thunder Run Rumbles Once More

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 8, 2016March 8, 2016

The thunderstorm in the third act of Shakespeare’s King Lear will rumble ominously in the Bristol Old Vic’s production of the play this summer thanks to 18th-century sound effects.

Posted inBooks

How Graphic Designers Around the World Interpret Shakespeare

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 22, 2016January 22, 2016

When the Globe Theatre along London’s River Thames opened in 1599, a flag depicting Hercules hoisting a globe announced the opening of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Posted inIn Brief

A Digital Re-creation of a Lost 18th-Century Shakespeare Museum

Avatar photo by Allison Meier December 18, 2015December 18, 2015

One of the first museums created for the enjoyment of the middle class was the Shakespeare Gallery, opened in 1789 by John Boydell.

Posted inNews

Historian Cracks a Code and Discovers a Possible Portrait of Shakespeare

by Laura C. Mallonee May 22, 2015May 22, 2015

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,” William Shakespeare wrote in a stanza from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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