In Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Booker Prize winner, the Irish actor turns the Bard into a normal person ...

Paul Mescal has denied the suggestion that he is too good-looking to play William Shakespeare. The Irish actor, 29, stars as ...

Director Chloe Zhao’s earthy and sensuous film Hamnet is based on the book by Maggie O’ Farrell, who also co-wrote the ...

Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning, best-selling novel, *Hamnet*, has been adapted into a film featuring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, praised critically. The film explores William Shakespeare's ...

If there is anything that years of experiments in the genre have taught us, it’s that it’s difficult to make a good film ...

Arts editor Nina Nannar speaks to the director and stars of the film, which tells the largely unknown story of William ...

William Shakespeare was a Renaissance-era writer and actor, often referred to as England's national poet, the world's greatest dramatist, and the "Bard of Avon." Despite this widespread success, the ...

Folger Theatre has revealed its 2025-26 season at the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill. Kicking off in September, the lineup of three powerful, joyful, and poignant plays will illustrate ...

The document suggests that Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway had more of a shared life than previously thought. Illustration of William Shakespeare leaving home, bidding farewell to his wife, ...

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant.