The Latest Breaking News from William Shakespeare

Eddie Izzard is returning to a New York stage this winter for an ambitious version of “Hamlet.”

The great William Shakespeare once asked, "What's in a name?" A lot, as it turns out—especially if you don't like it.

Netflix’s royal smash has sparked criticism for scenes involving a Princess Diana apparition sharing words of wisdom from the great beyond. But these ghost-averse detractors are missing the point, writes Adam White. So much modern, earthbound TV would be better off if they suddenly became supernatural

William Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”. Some are dramatically relevant to this era of war and ceaseless tension, from Richard III to Julius Caesar and King Lear.

Other lives: Primary school teacher with a lifelong devotion to the works of William Shakespeare

Three Players will run through all 37 of the Bard's plays.

Artist Liu Ye tells us what inspires him, as his exhibition ‘Naive and Sentimental Painting’ is on show in London

Former adviser tells inquiry of ‘low point’ in pandemic response, saying then-PM was ‘extremely distracted’

Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson asked scientists if it was possible to kill Covid by blowing a hairdryer up your nose after watching a YouTube…

The theatrical world has lost a giant