William Shakespeare

The Week Recommends This month’s new releases include ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published 9 December 25

The Week Recommends Toby Jones and David Harewood star in Tom Morris’s take on Shakespeare’s tragedy

By The Week UK Published 13 November 25

The Week Recommends Daniel Raggett’s nightmarish modern-day staging is set in a boozer in gangland Glasgow

By The Week UK Published 30 October 25

The Week Recommends Robin Belfield's 'carnivalesque' new staging at Shakespeare's Globe is 'joyfully tongue-in-cheek'

By The Week UK Published 28 August 25

speed read A letter fragment suggests that the Shakespeares lived together all along, says scholar Matthew Steggle

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 24 April 25

The Week Recommends Jamie Lloyd's adaptation of Shakespeare classic leans on '1990s pop favourites'

By The Week UK Published 27 February 25

The Week Recommends John Douglas Thompson is 'magisterial' as Shylock

By The Week UK Published 30 January 25

The Week Recommends A pop icon, Shakespeare reconsidered and a sublime musical about mortality are all on the boards

By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published 8 September 24

The Week Recommends Jamie Lloyd's 'turbo-stylised' production is met with mixed reviews

By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published 30 May 24

In the Spotlight Critics say an event suggesting Shakespeare may have been a woman is 'wildly inappropriate'

By The Week UK Published 15 April 24

The Week Recommends A handful of Shakespeare productions are making headlines in the theatre world and they haven't even opened yet

By The Week Staff Published 13 February 24

In Depth Take inspiration from the greats on writing romantic verses

By The Week Staff Last updated 13 December 23