William Shakespeare

The Week Recommends Swan Theatre reopens with stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel

By The Week Staff Published 20 April 23

The Week Recommends Contemporary spin on the Bard’s comedy is ‘quite mad’, but has ‘plenty of laughs’

By The Week Staff Published 16 March 23

The Week Recommends Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s new production is ‘inspired’ in part, but has ‘rather clunky’ moments

By The Week Staff Published 9 February 23

The Week Recommends Clint Dyer has become the first black director to stage Othello at a major British theatre

By The Week Staff Published 8 December 22

feature And other stories from the stranger side of life

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published 21 July 22

The Week Recommends Titular character played by Arthur Hughes – the first actor with a disability to take on the role at Stratford

By The Week Staff Published 8 July 22

feature And other stories from the stranger side of life

By The Week Staff Published 1 June 21

Speed Read Fans of the Bard are celebrating the anniversaries of his birth and death today

By The Week Staff Last updated 23 April 20

The Week Recommends Settle back on your sofa for curtain up

By The Week Staff Last updated 25 March 20

The Week Recommends Your guide to what’s worth seeing and reading this weekend

By James Ashford Last updated 20 March 20

The Week Recommends Your guide to what’s worth seeing and reading this weekend

By The Week Staff Last updated 21 February 20

In Depth The playwright and poet penned more than 150 sonnets in his lifetime

By The Week Staff Last updated 23 April 19