William Shakespeare

Oscars 2022: With seven Best Picture nominations being adaptations, literature emerges as ripe source of storytelling

From Dune and Drive My Car to West Side Story and CODA, seven out of 10 Best Picture nominations at Oscars 2022 are adaptations of books, short stories, musicals or films.

What makes Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth the finest Shakespeare screen adaptation yet

The Tragedy of Macbeth is, without a shadow of doubt, the finest Shakespeare movie I have ever seen; better than Akira Kurosawa, better than Vishal Bhardwaj.

Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Joel Cohen on The Tragedy of Macbeth: 'We're still waiting to take risks'

"The three of us are at the top of our game,” Frances McDormand says. "Denzel Washington is 66. I’m 64. Joel Cohen is 67. We’re still willing to fall flat on our faces."

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.

Tony Award-winning thespian André De Shields returns to Broadway in and as King Lear, and Hadestown

De Shields’ towering presence is somehow more captivating in the quiet beats — perhaps most strikingly when he carries the corpse of his daughter in his arms, unwavering, halfway across the stage.

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.

English Language Day 2021: Date, significance and all you need to know

English language originated in medieval England and has taken its name from the Angles -- a West Germanic tribe

As COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the world, a look at Shakespeare’s relationship with the plague

While the plague is a constant presence in Shakespeare's life, his defiant response as a playwright is to place each character’s humanity and individuality at the centre of his works.

Vishal Bhardwaj to develop film franchise based on the works of Agatha Christie

The first film from Vishal Bhardwaj's Agatha Christie franchise is expected to begin shoot in early 2021.

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.