For four decades Donna Northcott has been making Shakespeare’s works accessible to students and local audiences as the Artistic Director of St. Louis Shakespeare. According to their website, Northcott ...

However you judge Bedlam, this young and adventurous New York company deserves extra points for a program with an unusual degree of difficulty. Imagine four actors taking on all the roles not just in ...

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 ...

A king's ghost puts his son on a bloody quest against the brother who killed him to take the throne and queen. If the prince were a hulking mass of brawn and rage, it would make for a pretty decent ...

Who? What? Where? Why? These are the questions I wish the current production of "Hamlet" from Seattle Shakespeare Company had been able to answer but sadly did not. As part of their "Drum & Colours" ...

Shakespeare had the good fortune to write Hamletbefore anyone could tell him how to fix it. Were he working today, the playwriting system—in this country, at least—would exhaust itself trying to ...

Wesley Whitson and Christy Watkins in Bedlam's Hamlet at 4th Wall Theatre Co. Credit: Photo by Gabriella Nissen The world’s most famous play – some might say greatest play – receives a superlative ...

Arguably the most influential work of theatre in the Western canon, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has inspired countless works across multiple mediums since debuting between 1600 and 1601. Allusions to ...

Set in London's South Asian community, the Telluride-premiering film relies (mostly) on the Bard's language. By Caryn James This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the ...