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Shakespeare

since 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 09:58 UTC

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4 hours ago

Terrible night’s sleep? Here’s how to make it through the day – and maybe even enjoy it – one step at a time

found 2025 › Jul › 14 (Mon) @ 04:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Coffee or no coffee? Almond croissant or exercise snack? Early night or bedtime as usual? You’ll be grateful you made the right choices

Ah, sleep – “nature’s soft nurse” to Shakespeare, “the foundati…

2 days ago

What links a prosecco cocktail and raw beef? The Saturday quiz

found 2025 › Jul › 12 (Sat) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

From blessed and venerable to I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Which of Shakespeare’s female characters has the most lines?
2 What is the only shipping…

3 days ago

Globe's slimline Falstaff is a half-fat hero, in a Merry Wives Of Windsor that's not quite merry enough

found 2025 › Jul › 10 (Thu) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Shakespeare's comedy is out of step with modern tastes, thanks to its body shaming. Sean Holmes's new production gets around the problem by casting slim George Fouracres as Falstaff.

5 days ago

King Lear is a masterpiece – as told by Akira Kurosawa rather than Shakespeare | Michael Billington

found 2025 › Jul › 08 (Tue) @ 14:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The tragedy’s mythic quality appeals to adapters the world over but the Japanese film-maker’s Ran, now rereleased, manages to solve the play’s problems

I have long had mixed feelings about King Lear. …

7 days ago

The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

found 2025 › Jul › 06 (Sun) @ 11:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

Throughout my life, my mum has always been a big read…

13 days ago

Shakespeare in war: Ukraine festival explores intersection to bard’s world

found 2025 › Jul › 01 (Tue) @ 04:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

‘There is a big need for theatre to work with existential problems,’ says translator, as Shakespeare productions boom across Ukraine

The Ukrainian Shakespeare festival in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk d…

15 days ago

The Shakespeare Ladies Club by Christine & Jonathan Hainsworth: The women who made Shakespeare great

found 2025 › Jun › 29 (Sun) @ 02:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Imagine a world in which no one cared about Shakespeare - that was the case in the 1600s, until four pioneering women reinvigorated the bard's reputation.

22 days ago

Fresh bias row as private pupils are charged more than state schools to see Shakespeare plays

found 2025 › Jun › 22 (Sun) @ 00:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Groups of state schoolchildren watching performances by the globally famous company are charged £10 a head, while their private school counterparts are charged a staggering £16.50.

24 days ago

Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 theatre shows to see this summer

found 2025 › Jun › 20 (Fri) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Peter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere, the joy of pickling, a landmark jazz album and Elton Jo…

30 days ago

Funny, weird … sexy? How to find your perfect wedding poem

found 2025 › Jun › 14 (Sat) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Small, huge, camp, Star Trek-themed … weddings have changed beyond recognition, but we’re still reading out the same old Shakespeare sonnets. What to read at a modern ceremony? Plus, leading poets pi…

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