A beautifully observed version of a man’s final act, along with a lively staging of “As You Like It,” engage the surrounding ...

The first thing you notice about Hudson Valley Shakespeare's new Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center isn't the building itself, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olena Aliabieva, as the Fool, and Myroslava Koshtura, far right, as Cordelia, wait backstage for their turn to perform during the ...

In a notable instance of one behemoth assessing another, the director Peter Brook once called King Lear “a mountain whose summit has never been reached, the way up strewn with the shattered bodies of ...

If Shakespeare’s tragedies are mountains to be climbed by intrepid theaters, “King Lear” is Mount Everest: cold, forbidding, and dangerous. It’s a complex, bleak, and ultimately rich play. The title ...

The annual Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary season with its first production of William Shakespeare's powerful tragedy "King Lear," running Aug. 21-31. The play tells ...

Sheffield Theatres announced the full acting company for its autumn Shakespeare season, with Ian McDiarmid leading KING LEAR ...

Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain will star in Lear Rex, a new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Per Deadline, Pacino will play the titular character in the forthcoming Lear Rex, while ...

A decade ago, the late Glenda Jackson played a remarkable re-gendered King Lear at London’s Old Vic. In 2022, Kathryn Hunter did similarly at Shakespeare’s Globe. This summer, 400 miles north in the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Shakespeare's plays have engaged ...

It is a common reflex to reach for Aristotle’s Poetics to determine what a good tragedy should be. Aristotle says there are good reasons to enjoy a good tragedy, especially if its ergon or telos (its ...