A not-so-minor detail was left out of a recent New York Times review of Robert Wilson's reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Sonnets at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM): The sonnets were the gayest ...

In “Naming Thy Name,” William Shakespeare’s sonnets, and those of his close friend Henry Constable, are examined by Elaine Scarry for evidence of a deep and abiding love affair. Sometimes her evidence ...

Commonly, auditions require contrasting one-minute classical and contemporary monologues. Shakespeare’s well-known speeches remain stalwarts of dramatic literature, and for good reason. However, how ...

Sir Patrick Stewart has one of those voices where, even if he read the phone book (which is what people used to use before cell phones), it would be captivating. Factor in his nostalgia-friendly pop ...

The San Diego Shakespeare Society holds its Celebrity Sonnets at 7:30 p.m., Monday at the Old Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare is probably best known for plays such as “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet ...

London, England (WHTM) On this day in 1609, a publisher named Thomas Thorpe went to Stationers’ Hall to register a new book. The Worshipful Company of Stationers, aka Stationers’ Company, was a ...

Schaumburg Township District Library presents Goodly Creatures Theatre’s production of “Goodly Creatures: Shakespeare’s Sonnets for Modern Times” at Trickster Cultural Center on Thursdays, Feb. 8 and ...

Love’s Fire, a series of seven short plays based on Shakespeare sonnets, will be performed at Rochester Institute of Technology starting Nov. 10. This is the latest of RIT’s yearlong commemoration of ...