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Richard Dreyfuss says Oscar diversity rules ‘make me vomit’

Jaws star went on to defend Laurence Olivier’s performance in blackface in the 1965 adaptation of Othello

The Guardian - UK

Guy Gunaratne: ‘Writing the Abu Ghraib bit of the book took its toll’

Booker-longlisted in 2018 for their debut novel, In Our Mad and Furious City, the Londoner talks about the follow-up, the slippery life story of a terror suspect, and the fellowship of Ali Smith during a time of stress

The Guardian - UK

The Great White Bard by Farah Karim-Cooper review – reclaiming Shakespeare

An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and race restores his reputation as a playwright for all

The Guardian - UK

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Cush Jumbo joins David Tennant in the Donmar Warehouse’s Macbeth in autumn 2023

Tennant and Jumbo previously acted together in Channel 4’s Deadwater Fell

Evening Standard

David Tennant to play Macbeth on stage for first time this winter

Actor will star in production at the Donmar Warehouse

The Independent UK

Dreda Say Mitchell: ‘I’m a massive historical romance fangirl’

The crime novelist on the allure of Poldark, the power of The Color Purple and joys of Jack Reacher

The Guardian - UK

The twilight king: why Charles’s coronation does not feel like the start of a new era

Elizabeth’s crowning seemed like a new dawn. But the reign of Charles begins in a kingdom under a cloud

The Guardian - UK

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Cymbeline review – Shakespeare’s knotty romance is a fabulous farewell for Doran

Departing artistic director Greg Doran reinvigorates this tale of a royal family in crisis with clarity and intelligence

The Guardian - UK

Queen Charlotte’s Adjoa Andoh: ‘I’m vibrant, sexual, have appetite – why would my stories not be interesting?’

The ’Bridgerton’ actor talks to Isobel Lewis about Netflix’s ‘Queen Charlotte’, getting older and intimacy coordinators

The Independent UK

The Book of Will review – friends fight to save Shakespeare’s plays

Fearing the playwright’s works will be lost to history, former colleagues enact a rescue plan in Lauren Gunderson’s generous-hearted comedy

The Guardian - UK

‘Some Like It Hot’ musical leads Tony Award nominations with 13 nods

Sean Hayes received a best actor nomination for his work in “Good Night, Oscar,” which had its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘It’s Shakespeare – as important as any modern piece of work’: Derek Jarman’s Blue comes to the stage

Russell Tovey, Simon Fisher Turner, Travis Alabanza and Neil Bartlett are teaming up to reimagine the director’s final film – a narrated meditation over a static blue screen – as a ‘thank you’ to the LGBTQ+ hero

The Guardian - UK

The big idea: what if censoring books only makes them more popular?

From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to novels about trans children, attempts to suppress works of literature tend to have the opposite effect

The Guardian - UK

Kenneth Branagh returns to stage after eight years to play King Lear

Production will run for just 50 shows in West End this winter

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Author hails Baillie Gifford winner of winners prize as ‘crowning achievement’

James Shapiro said it was ‘incredibly rewarding’ to have written a book that ‘stands the test of time’ after claiming the prestigious accolade.

The Independent UK

Shakespeare story wins nonfiction 'winner of winners' prize

An account of a pivotal year for English history and literature has been named the greatest-ever winner of the U.K.’s leading nonfiction book prize

The Independent UK

Book about Shakespeare’s pivotal year named Baillie Gifford winner of winners

The annual literary prize is marking its 25th anniversary by selecting the best of its 24 previous winners.

Liverpool Echo

Harry Potter star coming to Liverpool this year in new show

The show will be performed in a warehouse in four cities

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The Guardian - UK

Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma to star in Macbeth staged in warehouses

The production, directed by Simon Godwin, will open in Liverpool before heading to Edinburgh, London and Washington DC

The Independent UK

Ralph Fiennes to play Macbeth in tour of converted warehouses

He will be reunited with Indira Varma, who will play Lady Macbeth.

The Conversation

Around 1600, speeches in English plays suddenly got shorter – and no one knows why

A speech in a play by Shakespeare or one of his contemporaries can be as short as a word or as long as several hundred, or anything in between. But what is the most common length?

Evening Standard

Adjoa Andoh on Richard III, Bridgerton and why she’s offended by colourblind casting

The actress and director brings her new take on the vilified king to the Rose Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Two theatres, both alike in historical importance

Letters: Rupert Gavin and Austen Lynch on the Theatre (1576) and the Curtain theatre (1577), which hosted the earliest performances of William Shakespeare’s plays

The Guardian - UK

Gregory Doran: ‘Shakespeare defines things when you can’t’

As the RSC’s artistic director steps down after 35 years and 50 shows, he talks about the productions he’s most proud of, his new memoir, and the loss of his husband, the actor Antony Sher

The Guardian - UK

‘My eyes filled with tears, my voice shook’: Simon Callow on coming face to face with Shakespeare’s First Folio

As the Swan of Avon celebrates his birthday on Sunday, the actor pays tribute to a ‘miraculous’ book that rescued plays such as The Tempest and Macbeth from oblivion

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