Where is it written “I am the bard thy god, thou shalt have no other bards before me”? Shakespeare is one of England’s, Europe’s, the world’s greatest writers. If you asked me to name the best play of ...

Theater companies focusing on Shakespeare are part of a long and illustrious local tradition. My own introduction to William Shakespeare’s plays can be traced back to childhood in the 1950s when our ...

What do Helen Keller, Sigmund Freud, and Keanu Reeves have in common? They all believe that Shakespeare didn't exist. Rather, they believe that the true genius behind Shakespeare's plays and poems ...

For such a physically slight, ballerina-like figure, Julie Taymor is metaphysically fierce. The fact that she arrives at our rendezvous in a New York bistro buzzing with adrenaline, having just come ...