Could You Watch 8 Plays In 12 Hours? How The Player Kings Creates Binge-Worthy Shakespeare
Some say Shakespeare invented the“history play” – but he had a lot of help. Shakespeare was mainly writing comedies in the ...
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“You have such a February face”: Shakespeare’s Most Savage Insults, Explained
William Shakespeare gave the English language more than just poetic sonnets and tragic deaths. He also gave us some of the ...
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A Henry IV That Doesn’t Know Its Own Strength
You don’t get many opportunities to see Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1, and still fewer to see Part 2. The so-called histories and their Roman numerals put people off, along with all the names ...
What Shakespeare Got Right About PTSD
A new production of Othello foregrounds what its earliest audiences recognized: the psychological costs of war.
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Shakespeare goes up the country in ‘Ballad of King Henry’ at Swarthmore’s Players Club
A version of “King Henry IV” adapted into Americana folk songs has its world premiere at Players Club Swarthmore.
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22 of Shakespeare’s Best Insults That Still Sting Today
“Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” From Henry IV, Part 1 Aside from his best insults, find out the 11 everyday phrases that were ...
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THE BALLAD OF KING HENRY Comes to PCS Theater
PCS Theater will stage the world premiere of The Ballad of King Henry, a folk music adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I, from March 28 to April 5, 2025. The show—an earlier version of ...
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The Debate: Is Shakespeare elitist?
City A.M.’s weekly feature takes the fiercest water-cooler debates and pits two candidates head to head before delivering The Judge’s ultimate verdict. “Don’t forget Shakespeare was common ...