Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Macbeth to release on Apple TV+ on 14 January, 2022; watch teaser

Starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth is directed by Joel Coen of the Coen Brothers.

As Omkara completes 15 years, revisiting Saif Ali Khan's masterful performance as Langda Tyagi

Omkara was Saif Ali Khan's plunge; it was his way of declaring that since he could not be a star, he would focus on being an actor instead.

The Friday List: From a workshop on costuming for dance to a talk on leopards in the Indian wild, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.

How reading Shakespeare's sonnets reveals an honest account of love and a possible portal into the bard's mind

The Shakespeare of the sonnets is frail, obsessed, judgmental, fickle, and self-pitying. And so we are drawn in.

Shakespeare & Company to resume live, in-person performances with a production of King Lear

King Lear, which will run from 2 July through 29 August, will also be the first production in The New Spruce Theatre, a new outdoor amphitheater under the towering spruce trees on the Shakespeare & Company campus in Lenox, the organization said in a statement this week.

Love poems for the lockdown: From Shakespeare to Carol Ann Duffy, verses on intimacy, distance, desire

From Ted Hughes' poems on Sylvia Plath to Kim Addonizio's take on past love, an offering of poetry apt for the lockdown.

Hamlet, Shakespeare's greatest villain: A charismatic manipulator who persuaded the world of his heroic nature

Hamlet is a self-centred, entitled, manipulative, callous bully. However, he is also intensely charismatic, so much so that he has persuaded the world to share his Hamlet-centric view. That is what makes him a villain of genius.

Vishal Bhardwaj confesses he's often undervalued as a composer: I want to make music for films that aren't mine

In this exclusive interview with Firstpost, Vishal Bhardwaj talks about how he thinks of himself as a music composer first, and a filmmaker later.

Ian Holm passes away: Veteran film and stage actor discovered new depths of compassion in the most unlikely characters

A character actor who eventually played leading roles, Ian Holm had a kind of magical malleability, with a range that went from the sweet-tempered to the psychotic.

From Harry Potter at Home to Mondays with Michelle Obama — celebrity read-alouds to spark a love of books

This week, we round up celebrity read-alouds that you can tune in to. Happy reading/listening!