Reading Shakespeare can feel like decoding a secret language. The words are strange, the sentences are twisted, and sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s insulting whom. In truth, Shakespeare's works are ...

Ann Keay Beneduce, Author, William Shakespeare, Author, Gennady Spirin, Author Philomel Books $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-22764-6 Prospero-like in their artistry, Spirin's dazzling watercolors dominate ...

Thursday is William Shakespeare’s 451st birthday and the 399th anniversary of his passing -- April 23 being the generally accepted date of the Bard’s birth in 1564 and his death in 1616. Thus does ...

Booklovers might want to grab themselves a copy of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to cuddle up with over the festive season – as it is ...

On Baldwin's would-be 100th birthday, the author of a Shakespeare adaptation series reflects on how the Black icon impacted her reading of the Bard Marco Calderon; Anthony Barboza/Getty I was 38 when ...

On a spring night in 2018, I stood on a Manhattan sidewalk with friends, reading Shakespeare aloud. We were in line to see an adaptation of Macbeth and had decided to pass the time refreshing our ...

In the southwest corner of New Mexico, three miles below the sleepy little city of Lordsburg, sits what remains of the town of Shakespeare. The place had previously been named Ralston or Ralston City, ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Dench was on the show to discuss her new memoir about the Bard, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent. Asked about the title, she ...