A lost play known as the “Ur-Hamlet” may have existed before Shakespeare’s famous version. Debate continues over whether Thomas Kyd—or Shakespeare himself—wrote this earlier play. The mystery of the ...

I went to the theatre for the first time in 15 months to see the Theatre Royal Windsor’s new production of Hamlet. Starring Ian McKellen and directed by Sean Mathias, it really resonates in a time of ...

The title role in Shakespeare’s enduring tragedy Hamlet is on the bucket list for many actors wishing to challenge their range of emotions while offering their own interpretation of the iconic role.

Jared Harris (Chernobyl, The Crown, Mad Men) is going full circle and returning to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time in 34 years to play Claudius, the treacherous uncle in Hamlet. It is ...

Hamlet is in a bathtub with water up to his neck delivering “To be, or not to be.” Look to your right and you’ll see his mother, Gertrude, in her bedroom putting on makeup. Look in the distance, and ...

Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of William Shakespeare, and almost everything known about him comes from sparse parish records, fueling centuries of speculation about his short life and his ...

From the Danish prince’s existential philosophizing to Ophelia’s devastating break from reality, Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is a gold mine of powerful speeches—the brooding titular character alone gives ...

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