Shakespeare & Beyond

Find out what’s onstage at Shakespeare theaters across the country this month.

Austin Tichenor writes about movies that feel like plays and theater that feels cinematic.

What’s going through Viola’s head as she woos Olivia on Orsino’s behalf? Dame Judi Dench reflects on this key scene in this excerpt from her newly published book.

How well do you know Greek and Roman myths? See if you can identify the mythological figures on the title page of this 1626 edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

We take a look at what’s onstage at Shakespeare theaters across the United States.

Brittany N. Williams looks at cue scripts and their importance to actors in Shakespeare’s time.

Austin Tichenor explores the deep connections the president and his murderer share with William Shakespeare.

Listen to a ballad that was written around 1594 as a spin-off of Titus Andronicus, the revenge tragedy that’s considered one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest and most violent plays.

Find out what’s happening at Shakespeare theaters across the US this month, including Caesar, Merchant, Macbeth, and more.

Austin Tichenor argues for the importance of casting disabled actors as Richard III, spotlighting Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production with Katy Sullivan in the title role.

“Things don’t just happen. Everything around us was actually created intentionally at some point in time, right? So in order to break down systemic oppression, you really have to look at how things were constructed.”

Joyce Green MacDonald is the author of this excerpt from The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race, a collection of essays edited by Patricia Akhimie.