Reading Shakespeare is an art in itself, with layers of psychological wealth awaiting those who brave the waves of Elizabethan dialect and iambic pentameter. But if commerce is more your fancy, the ...

With their new book “Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups: Everything You Need to Know About the Bard” (Plume), coauthors E. Foley and B. Coates give comfort and aid to everyone who has ever wished they ...

There are three types of people in the world: those who are intimidated by Shakespeare, those who consider themselves Shakespeare nerds, and those who are truly obsessed with the Bard. A casual fan ...

Ducks waddle past the stage as actors in Will Kempe’s Players production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” perform in Congress Park on Aug. 10 in Saratoga Springs. Actors Shae Fitzgerald, left, Kyra ...

Dotimas was performing in the “Shakespeare Extravaganza” on Nov. 1, the culmination of Haine’s six-week Shakespeare Unfolded workshop presented by ActLiveNow, with sessions meeting once a week.

It might seem strange to put Shakespeare in bed with spanking, but for the most part Keenan makes it work, and the matchmaker of this strange relationship is Shakespeare’s own language. “At its most ...

The audience, as was the case in Shakespeare’s time, fills in the rest with their own estimable imaginations. His take on “Hamlet” has evolved over the decades, from an all-out “total theater” ...

Hamnet” production designer Fiona Crombie is no stranger to the world of William Shakespeare. Over two decades ago, she ...

Cable comedy talk-show host Stephen Colbert has had a recurring segment on called "Who's Honoring Me Now?" It sometimes seems that – if he weren't such a humble guy – could keep a feature like that ...