Hamlet's usual run time is between 3 and 4 hours, but "Short Shakespeare!" works to make the 400-year-old story accessible to younger audiences. Directed by Edward Hall, this Hamlet stays true to the ...

Hamnet, Chloé Zhao's film about William and Agnes Shakespeare, took home the award for Outstanding British Film at the 2026 ...

Hamlet is William Shakespeare’s most famous play with all of its betrayal, passion, and poetry, but now, “Short Shakespeare!” ...

Judith Chernaik’s idea to feature verse in subway cars has transformed the morning commutes of millions worldwide.

MIKE ORLOCK In less than a month, the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles will put a capper on the 2025 movie year. Of course, that doesn’t mean the […] ...

Enid Blyton was one of those writers who really got what it was like to be a kid and wrote stories that kids loved for years.

The Academy of American Poets gives prizes to university and college students. One of them is Lauren Chumbley.

A new twist is as dramatic as any of Shakespeare's plays: the real “Shakespeare” behind a family document has been ...

To be sure, this theatrical adaptation of the beautiful Maggie O’Farrell novel has some stiff competition from the recent ...

Even the biggest music fans know that lyrics often make the track. These are three one-hit wonders from the 1970s that are more like poetry.

Love poems didn’t start as private confessions. For much of their history, they were closer to public performances—tools for politics, status, ...

The Oscar-nominated Hamnet exploits the playwright’s fame to manipulate facts of his life and work and encourages viewers to derive fake history from the movies ...