Titus Andronicus is the Bard's most violent work, and a new production is set to be one of the most extreme takes on it yet.

The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness.

This course examines ancient Greek tragedy in translation. It looks at the transformation of myth into tragedy in the fifth century BCE and reflects on why these classical dramas remain popular today.

It’s notoriously difficult to bargain with the lord of the underworld, and when he concedes, it is ill advised to violate his conditions. The story of Eurydice, a character in Greek mythology ...

On Oct. 28, 2015, an overloaded boat filled with refugees broke up and capsized off the coast of Lesvos, a Greek island. Hundreds were thrown into the water, and dozens were killed.

The fact that Shakespeare is the most influential writer in English literature is simply held to be the truth now.

At various points, audiences have been unable to bear the extent of Shakespeare’s tragedy. For instance, Nahum Tate’s The History of King Lear was first produced in 1681. Until 1838 – for ...

The sale marks the first time since 1989 that the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works appear at auction as a single lot.

Register here for this hybrid talk. This remarkable story started with the excavation by the Egyptian archaeologist Basem Gehad of a grave in the ancient Egyptian city Philadelphia resulting in the ...

He wrote different types of plays – histories, tragedies and comedies ... there and learned Latin and Greek. He got married at 18 and had children. Shakespeare moved to London, and became ...