"At the center of power, as Shakespeare reminds us, there always and only resides a fallible human being" – Eliot A. Cohen, "The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall" Year-end ...

If there is anything that years of experiments in the genre have taught us, it’s that it’s difficult to make a good film about a great man.

Playwrights are reimagining supporting characters from plays such as “Hamlet” and “The Merchant of Venice.” To say that playwright Sarah Mantell is no fan of “The Merchant of Venice” would be several ...