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When Maggie O’Farrell was 16, she wore a lot of black, a lot of eyeliner and she had a passion for the arts. That’s when she read William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet for the first time. “It ...

For centuries, William Shakespeare has existed as a monolith. We know the plays, the Sonnets, the academic arguments. What we don’t know, really, is the life: the household, the marriage, the mess.

The film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal premiered at Telluride in late August and and wowed Toronto a week later, going on to win its predictive People’s Choice Award. RELATED: ‘Hamnet’s ...

It's just a game: Hiran Abeysekera in 'Hamlet' When the lights come up, we’re transported into an enormous room, a banqueting hall of sorts, with a tapestry stretched across the back wall, candled ...

For this is a Hamlet which is not simply in modern dress, but embraces modern sensibilities. We recognise now that grief can manifest itself in many different ways, so our titular prince doesn’t have ...

In the world of Taylor Swift, tragic endings for Shakespearean heroines get turned into happily ever afters. Not because her versions of Juliet and Ophelia have taken control of their own fate—but ...

In her follow-up to the "The Tortured Poets Department," Taylor Swift is continuing to delight her bookish fans with literary references on her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl." The 35-year ...

If you’ve been keeping score like us, you’d know that Hamlet is one of the most recycled stories in human history. From countless movie adaptations to stage versions to Disney remakes to detective ...