How to Enjoy Reading Shakespeare
When you finally meet William Shakespeare on his own turf, his language begins to open new doors in your consciousness.
When you finally meet William Shakespeare on his own turf, his language begins to open new doors in your consciousness.
Posted 04.23.2012
Today marks the approximate birth and death of our friend, William Shakespeare. We would like to mourn the passing of the Great Bard through a silly v...
Posted 04.22.2012
To celebrate Shakespeare's birthday, we're featuring some of our favorite archival pieces about his life and work. This one was first published in Aug...
Posted 02.08.2012
Though Kevin Spacey has played a myriad of roles, it is his ominous characters that often steal the show. Through March 4, this dubious side of Spacey...
Shai Baitel | Posted 03.20.2012
This transformative period in the Middle East will have tremendous consequences not only for the region but also for us in the West. Will Islamists once in power change their colors? I am not optimistic. The lesson of Richard III remains relevant as a cautionary tale.
The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 01.10.2012
Kevin Spacey begins his run as the deranged titular king in "Richard III" tonight at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Directed by Sam Mendes...
Posted 02.08.2012
This week on HuffPost Arts, we were scolded by Kevin Spacey as Richard III, saw Frank Lloyd Wright's dark side and possibly found a long-lost Da Vinci...
Posted 12.08.2011
Kevin Spacey is receiving critical acclaim for more than just his scripted performance in the Sam Mendes production of Shakespeare's Richard III. The ...
Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.08.2011
When Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes teamed up to create "American Beauty", the film won five Academy Awards and three additional nominations. So that alo...
Posted 04.22.2012
He is known for penning some of the most beautiful romances in literary history but, when writing tragedies, Shakespeare's murderous imagination ran w...
The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 09.21.2011
Actor Jim Meskimen has a knack for celebrity impressions, and in order to show them off he's made a video performing an incredibly long monologue from...
Shai Baitel | Posted 09.12.2011
Can Shakespeare's Richard III, in Sam Mendes's thoughtful interpretation and irresistibly brought to life by Spacey, compare to the ilk of the rulers of Iran, to Bashar al-Assad, to Hassan Nasrallah, to Muammar Gaddafi?
Fortean Times | Posted 11.15.2011
King Richard III died in August 1485, but no one knows where his bones are. However, some people believe that an empty stone that, for many years,...
E. Nina Rothe | Posted 05.25.2011
My award for the most creative re-interpretation of Shakespeare goes to Indian filmmaker Rajat Kapoor's production of Hamlet -- The Clown Prince.
Joseph Smigelski | Posted 05.25.2011
When you finally meet William Shakespeare on his own turf, his language begins to open new doors in your consciousness.
AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 05.25.2011
"The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty" (Delacorte Press, 640 pages, $30) by G.J. Meyer: Five centuries have not diminish...
Joseph Smigelski | Posted 04.23.2012