Shakespeare & Beyond

The young Virginia Woolf encounters Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and gives her opinions.

Austin Tichenor explores the powerful theatricality of Shakespeare’s ghosts, among whom the most famous is probably Hamlet’s father.

Ben and David Crystal share the story behind how they created their new collection of Shakespeare quotes for each day of the year.

David Sterling Brown writes about the images and ideas presented in his virtual-reality exhibition, which features art from the Folger collection.

In Othello Iago refers to Roderigo as a snipe to indicate that he only spends time with him in order to take advantage of him.

We take a trip across the country to see what’s onstage at Shakespeare theaters this fall.

Shakespeare’s plays are full of family reunions, among them The Winter’s Tale. See if you can identify the correct characters for each one.

Farah Karim-Cooper explores the way that race is represented by Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello, in this excerpt from her new book, The Great White Bard.

Shakespeare overflows with sea poetry. Steve Mentz of St. John’s University shares his favorite Shakespeare quotes about the ocean.

Austin Tichenor explores how Barbie and Oppenheimer wrestle with Shakespearean themes of identity, hubris, and redemption.

We ask a few of our favorite Shakespeareans what you should keep an eye out for when you watch Twelfth Night.

The loon appears just once in Shakespeare’s plays, in a line from Macbeth.