Did Richard III really kill his nephews? The question is tearing historians apart.
Richard III has long stood accused of murdering his nephews in 1483, but some experts doubt it. A new piece of evidence has ...
Review: Fort Worth shows deal sensitively with loss and its fallout
It’s an unusually upbeat ending for a play about loss, a quality it shares with Primary Trust, which won the 2024 drama ...
‘Time is the enemy’ for actor playing Richard III
Actor Michael Patrick has just picked up an award for his unique portrayal of Shakespeare’s Richard III, which gives the play a fresh twist inspired by his own experience of living with motor neurone ...
Why Trump’s rage defies historical and literary comparisons, according to a classics expert
As Donald Trump has gained fame and power, his rage at opponents and appetite for vengeance appear to have sharpened. A ...
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Did King Richard III kill his nephews to gain the throne?
History has pointed to King Richard III as the killer, but other suspects are now on the table. Watch the full documentary Who Killed The Princes in the Tower? on BBC Select. Expert says President ...
From Richard III to Trump, Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare’s timeless warnings about ‘charismatic leaders’
Stephen Greenblatt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar and literary historian, is one of the foremost authorities on ...
The Case for Shakespeare
Irvin Matus The new reading room of the Folger Shakespeare Library is dominated by a huge painting of the sort that Oscar Wilde's Lady Bracknell migh ...
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Trump’s Verbosity Straining Stenos! More Might Be Hired While Other Federal Employees Are Fired
The heavy demand on stenographers has led to discussions about hiring additional staff to keep up with the pace, at a time ...
Shakespeare with Van Doren
You may wish to sign up with Mark Van Doren, the great professor of English who lived from 1894 to 1972. In 1938, he wrote Shakespeare, which can be had in an edition from NYRB. The foreword is by ...
Soul Rep producing play about shutdown of first Black theater troupe in the U.S.
The year is 1821, and the Park Theatre, run by an impresario named Stephen Price, shuts down the Grove’s production twice, ...
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Out&About: Things to do in the Long Beach, South Bay areas, Jan. 31-Feb. 6
Rancho Palos Verdes. 9 a.m.-noon. 310-541-7613, pvplc.org. Richard III: Presented by Long Beach Shakespeare Company. Helen Borgers Theatre, 4250 Atlantic Ave. 8 p.m. Shark Lagoon Nights: Aquarium of ...
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Businesses Have a Lot to Learn From the Impromptu ‘Teaming’ That Happens in Theater
A Shakespeare scholar at Harvard University explains how the creative collaboration that happens in theater can be a model ...