The opening of Hamnet echoes that of Hamlet. In the novel’s first scene, Hamnet explores an empty house. O’Farrell gives him ...

She founded Shakespeare & Company and championed a more visceral, less mannered approach to performing and interpreting ...

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley's "Hamnet" is generating big award season buzz. Here's what it's about and how you can watch ...

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

In a lot of ways, Shakespeare was kind of the kind of fanfiction. While we wouldn’t really understand what fanfic was until ...

The doyenne of Shakespeare's plays, Tina Packer, died Friday at the age of 87. Shakespeare & Company, which Packer co-founded ...

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 about a great man.

Hamnet author and movie co-screenwriter Maggie O'Farrell explains how little is known about the lives of William Shakespeare ...

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival is seeking actors for an upcoming performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to ...

For A Christmas Carol: no smoke, fog, strobe lights, stage fighting, or vocal amplification shall be used. EPA procedures are ...

Area theaters are kicking off 2026 with a few plays and musicals that all ages can come in out of the cold to enjoy. From a ...