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‘You have to be taken inside Poirot’s brain’: Ken Ludwig on the secret to adapting Agatha Christie

The US playwright and anglophile behind much-revived comedies has a flair for crime and is following a crowd-pleasing Murder on the Orient Express with Death on the Nile

The Guardian - UK

Letter fragment suggests Shakespeare did not abandon his wife in Stratford

New analysis of a letter fragment mentioning Shakespeare and his wife suggests the couple lived together in London in the early 17th century.

Euronews

Actors With Down Syndrome Tear Down Barriers In London Show

It's one of Shakespeare's most existential questions "to be or not to be?"

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Costumes from Hollywood adaptation to feature in Macbeth exhibition

Artefacts and painting will also form the display at Perth Museum.

Evening Standard

‘Ignored’ William Shakespeare letter changes view on ‘strained’ marriage

Matthew Steggle, a professor of early modern English, analysed a fragment of the 17th century letter.

The Independent UK

Shakespeare may not have abandoned wife, previously ‘ignored’ letter reveals

Matthew Steggle, a professor of early modern English, analysed a fragment of the 17th century letter.

Evening Standard

Set of first editions of Shakespeare's plays could fetch more than €5 million at auction

Today is The Bard's 461st birthday and Sotheby's auction house has announced the sale of a set of First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios.

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A set of first editions of Shakespeare's plays could fetch $6 million at auction

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month

The Independent UK

350-year-old Shakespeare folios could fetch £4.5 million at auction

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The Independent UK

Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests

Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare folios expected to fetch more than £3.5m at auction

The books were published between 1623 and 1685.

Evening Standard

To buy or not to buy? 300-year-old Shakespeare books to be auctioned for up to £4.5m

The precious folios are expected to fetch millions at auction

The Independent UK

Every Royal Family Obsessive Needs to Visit These 10 Destinations

From majestic castles to Queen Victoria's beach house and a retired royal yacht.

Marie Claire

The real story behind Ncuti Gatwa’s ‘dark, sexy’ Shakespeare play: Were The Bard and Marlowe lovers or rivals?

As Born With Teeth brings a ‘ferociously sexy’ take on literature’s greatest mystery to the West End, we separate the tantalising facts from wild fiction

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Ncuti Gatwa to play Christopher Marlowe in West End play

Royal Shakespeare Company announces Gatwa has been cast as Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.

Evening Standard

Ncuti Gatwa to star in 'dark, sexy' West End play about Shakespeare and Marlowe

Born With Teeth will be hitting the West End this summer, featuring Gatwa as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare in a “ferociously sexy” take on the relationship between the playwrights

Evening Standard

Ncuti Gatwa to star in play about rival playwrights Shakespeare and Marlowe

Born With Teeth follows Marlowe and Shakespeare as the pair collaborate in the backroom of a pub.

Evening Standard

Sculpture by artist who sexually abused his daughters goes back on display outside BBC headquarters

The sculpture depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest.

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The Independent UK

Controversial statue outside BBC headquarters now back on display

The statue has been on display at Broadcasting House since the early 1930s

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Big Law faces a fork in the road

We should all beware when Big Law backs down before a fight

The Guardian - UK

‘He contains the whole of literature’: is Dickens better than Shakespeare?

After rereading the entire works of the great Victorian novelist during the pandemic, Peter Conrad became convinced – whisper it – that Dickens is an even greater writer than that other British literary giant, the Bard

The Conversation

Eight of the most romantic poems to read to your love this Valentine’s Day

For many of us, the run-up to Valentine’s Day is spent seeking out the least cringe-worthy card in the shop to gift to our significant other, and show them how we really feel. But, unfortunately, Hallmark rhymes rarely mine the depths of love and desire.

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Jared Harris annoys his wife by quoting Hamlet

Actor Jared Harris has admitted he annoys his wife Allegra Riggio on a regular basis by quoting lines from William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet' again and again.

Evening Standard

University puts trigger warnings on 200 works of Shakespeare including 'extreme weather' and 'drunkenness'

Students were warned of the ‘popping of balloons’ in one production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest

PC Gamer

As a longtime GTA roleplayer, this documentary about actors putting on Hamlet inside GTA Online made me laugh, cry, and wholeheartedly regret ever calling Shakespeare a boring old bastard

Grand Theft Hamlet is the pinnacle of performance culture in a sandbox punching well above its weight.

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