Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William Shakespeare was a “black Jewish woman”, according to a new book. It claims that the truth of Shakespearean authorship has ...

Shakespeare expert Ian McKellen brands Hamnet ‘improbable’ fiction: ‘I don’t quite get it’ - ‘I’m not very interested in ...

Vistor numbers have increased by 15 to 20 per cent since the release of the film, says the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, ...

The Oscar-nominated Hamnet exploits the playwright’s fame to manipulate facts of his life and work and encourages viewers to derive fake history from the movies ...

The audience is set to be "living and breathing the same space as the characters".

One of the most popular Shakespearean actors of his generation has admitted he’s no fan of Hamnet, the latest hit drama about ...

The period drama film adapted from an iconic William Shakespeare play features an A-list cast including Kenneth Branagh and ...

Sir Ian McKellen delivered a powerful Shakespearean monologue on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, taking the internet by ...

Even those in PMA such as Amane recognize how wordy Shakespeare can be: "Sometimes I read it, and I'm like, what the heck are ...

Ian McKellen, himself no stranger to Shakespeare, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. Toward the end of the interview, he's asked to perform a Shakespearean monologue that he ...

William Shakespeare was a 'black Jewish woman', a new book has claimed. The real playwright is identified as the historical figure Emilia Bassano in The Real Shakespeare, by an LSE graduate and ...

Adam Long, the director of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), on Shakespeare and the new show ...