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A Midsummer Night’s Dream review: an ‘assured’ new staging at the Globe
The Week Recommends This production of Shakespeare’s classic ‘doesn’t reinvent the wheel’ but it’s ‘gleeful’
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Hamnet review: ‘beautifully acted’ but doesn’t ‘pierce the heart’
The Week Recommends Swan Theatre reopens with stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel
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The Comedy of Errors (more or less) review: Shakespeare with a fun twist
The Week Recommends Contemporary spin on the Bard’s comedy is ‘quite mad’, but has ‘plenty of laughs’
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The Tempest review: Alex Kingston gives a ‘revelatory’ performance as Prospero
The Week Recommends Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s new production is ‘inspired’ in part, but has ‘rather clunky’ moments
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Othello at the National Theatre review: a ‘sensational’ production
The Week Recommends Clint Dyer has become the first black director to stage Othello at a major British theatre
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University to launch course about Harry Styles
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Richard III review: this RSC production shines with ‘magisterial splendour’
The Week Recommends Titular character played by Arthur Hughes – the first actor with a disability to take on the role at Stratford
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Broadcaster announces Shakespeare’s death 405 years late
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William Shakespeare’s best quotes on birth and death
Speed Read Fans of the Bard are celebrating the anniversaries of his birth and death today
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Seven of the best stage shows to watch from home
The Week Recommends Settle back on your sofa for curtain up
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What’s on this weekend? From The Nest to Extra Ordinary
The Week Recommends Your guide to what’s worth seeing and reading this weekend
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What’s on this weekend? From Frankie Boyle’s Tour of Scotland to Greed
The Week Recommends Your guide to what’s worth seeing and reading this weekend
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William Shakespeare: ten of the Bard’s best poems
In Depth The playwright and poet penned more than 150 sonnets in his lifetime
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How to spot 'witch markings' on your home
In Depth Historic England urges people to look out for unusual carved symbols on old buildings
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