The Shakespeare & Beyond blog features a wide range of Shakespeare-related topics: the early modern period in which he lived, the ways his plays have been interpreted and staged over the past four centuries, the enduring power of his characters and language, and more.
Shakespeare & Beyond also explores the topics that shape our experience of Shakespeare today: trends in performance, the latest discoveries and scholarship, news stories, pop culture, interesting books, new movies, the rich context of theater and literary history, and more. As the word “beyond” suggests, from time to time Shakespeare & Beyond also covers topics that are not directly linked to Shakespeare.
A roundup of Shakespeare stories, including discoveries about his only London real estate purchase and family papers; all Shakespeare’s plays ranked as well as video games Shakespeare would love; and actors sharing Shakespeare.
Viewers might be surprised by the number of Shakespearean elements in the miniseries which fictionalizes the doomed relationship between John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette. And they’re not all from Romeo and Juliet.
Q&A: Patrick Stewart on performing Shakespeare's sonnets
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The acclaimed actor talks about the essential message of love he discovered at the heart of each sonnet while recording all 154 for a new audiobook. He also shares recordings of three of the sonnets, including his favorite one.
Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, Macbeth, tells a story of ambition, violent murder, and its crippling psychological aftereffects, all foretold by a trio of witches. Explore some of the play’s most well-known lines, in order of their appearance.
What do we know about Shakespeare’s life? As Shakespeare Documented shows, we know quite a bit about him as a playwright, businessman, and family man through primary sources from his lifetime and shortly thereafter.
One of the most unusual paintings in the Folger collection was originally exhibited at the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. Explore how British artist George Romney portrayed the “natural genius” of Shakespeare at a time of rising bardolatry.
Richard II opens Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy of English history plays and is one of his most eloquent. Explore some of the play’s most well-known lines, in order of their appearance.
The reality competition show is, surprisingly, filled with Shakespeare quotes, aesthetics, and symbols. Hosted by Alan Cumming, an actor who knows his Shakespeare, The Traitors transforms Shakespeare into an entire vibe.
We all know that Shakespeare loved twins, but less talked about is how much he adored triplets. Shakespeare understood the power of three and deployed it, perhaps most unexpectedly, says Austin Tichenor, in the comedy As You Like It.
In an excerpt from Thinking Through Shakespeare, author David Womersley looks at Richard II and how the monarch misunderstands the divine right of kings in ways that lead to his eventual downfall despite the warnings of others around him.
Victorians enjoyed viewing sets of engravings put out as “Galleries” of Shakespeare’s heroines as imagined by leading painters. Over the 19th century, they represented changing British ideas of feminine beauty and behavior.
