Forget Hamlet, Lear or Macbeth – the Bard saved his sharpest psychological insights and finest poetry for Richard II ...

He’s the most performed playwright in history. But which of William Shakespeare’s plays do twenty-first century Brits actually like the most? Back in 2016, we marked the celebrations around ...

Shakespeare’s plays would only be performed by his acting ... Many of the theatres in Shakespeare’s day were open-air. The most famous stage was at the Globe Theatre, which was built by ...

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is a witty, almost cheeky 16th-century subversion of the typical love poem. Instead of placing his mistress on a pedestal with over-the-top comparisons, he chooses a ...

This has often taken the form of direct adaptations of various plays ... in terms of genre. Shakespeare has found a home in drama, political thrillers, and, perhaps most surprisingly, teenage ...