Reading Shakespeare is an art in itself, with layers of psychological wealth awaiting those who brave the waves of Elizabethan dialect and iambic pentameter. But if commerce is more your fancy, the ...

With their new book “Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups: Everything You Need to Know About the Bard” (Plume), coauthors E. Foley and B. Coates give comfort and aid to everyone who has ever wished they ...

There are three types of people in the world: those who are intimidated by Shakespeare, those who consider themselves Shakespeare nerds, and those who are truly obsessed with the Bard. A casual fan ...

Ducks waddle past the stage as actors in Will Kempe’s Players production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” perform in Congress Park on Aug. 10 in Saratoga Springs. Actors Shae Fitzgerald, left, Kyra ...

Shakespeare’s First Folio — the first edition of his collected works, printed in 1623 -— is coming to Iowa City! If it’s been a while since you thought about the Bard, the Iowa City Public Library has ...

The audience, as was the case in Shakespeare’s time, fills in the rest with their own estimable imaginations. His take on “Hamlet” has evolved over the decades, from an all-out “total theater” ...

Every age, after his own, has gone in search of Shakespeare. The first biography was written in 1709 by Nicholas Rowe. Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not ...