New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.
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Not Time’s Fool: A Rare Version of a Shakespeare Sonnet Is Discovered
An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different.
Royal Shakespeare Company Names Two Directors for Top Job
In an unusual move for a major British theater, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will jointly helm the major British theater troupe.
The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’
The Royal Shakespeare Company has cast a disabled actor to play the “deformed, unfinish’d” king for the first time. The choice has been hailed as a landmark moment.
U.K. Theatergoers Cover Up Again, After Months Without Masks
Encouragements to mask up are hardening into mandates. But the new rules are coming from the playhouses, not the government.