Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent in movies. Of ...

For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent in movies. Of course, there are endless adaptations of and riffs on his work — ...

In 1603, a Renaissance dramatist wrote a moving poem about his only son, who died of the plague at the age of seven. The poem calls his “lov’d boy” the “child of my right hand, and joy,” and his ...

He is named in only three documents relating to his formative years - was Shakespeare deliberately covering his tracks? Michael Wood goes on a paper trail, looking for the answer to this question.

Mar. 7—"The Book of Will," which opens Friday at the Artistic Civic Theatre, is not only an eloquent argument for the importance of the catharsis provided by theater, but a trip back in time to a ...

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1800: "Romeo and Juliet," starring a Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Merry, plays at United States Theatre. 1835: National Theatre opens. Two days later, James Wallack and Emma Wheatley appear in "Hamlet." Also ...