Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers.

Banter, buskers, and the Barras; single ends and smirry rain; the clockwork orange and that famous traffic cone ...

Before diving into the actual content of the HTP show — which, if you want a spoiler-free review, was fantastic — I would be ...

In a poem prefacing the 1623 First Folio, playwright Ben Jonson describes Shakespeare as “not of an age, but for all time”.

Guest columnist Beth Ann Fennelly analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 for its enduring relevance. The sonnet describes a speaker's journey from self-pity and envy to finding joy through love. Shakespeare ...

A Foxboro man is taking famous Shakespeare quote “all the world’s a stage” to heart — having recently completed an acting tour running through three cities in France. Jared Craig, 40, of Foxboro, ...

Some quotes are so famous you can almost hear them in the speaker’s voice – others, not so much. From Shakespeare’s wisdom to Shrek’s sass, this quiz mixes pop culture with history, literature, and ...

Siobhan Keenan received funding from the Society for Theatre Research. How did Shakespeare become the world’s greatest playwright? It’s a question that has long fascinated scholars and fans alike. My ...

“Poets get around,” boasts Elizabethan literary titan Christopher Marlowe in this sharp, saucy period drama by US playwright Liz Duffy Adams. And with Ncuti Gatwa in the role, you can well believe it.

This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the title character, washes his father’s body, surrounded by his uncle, Claudius, and other men as a Hindu priest recites from ...

What if Juliet — yep, that one, half of the most tragic teen love story ever — didn’t die? And how would it be if Shakespeare’s wife argued him out of writing one of theater’s seminal plots? Welcome ...