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How to Enjoy Reading Shakespeare

Joseph Smigelski | Posted 04.23.2012

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When you finally meet William Shakespeare on his own turf, his language begins to open new doors in your consciousness.

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Man Performs Shakespeare With 25 Different Voices

Posted 04.23.2012

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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...

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Top 10 Most Disturbing Shakespeare Deaths

Posted 04.22.2012

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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...

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Kevin Spacey's Villainy Reigns In Richard III

Posted 02.08.2012

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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...

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Richard III and His Arab Heirs

Shai Baitel | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Libya, Middle East, Richard III, Muammar Gaddafi, Shakespeare, Egypt, Arab Spring, World News

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.

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Kevin Spacey Is Richard III

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 01.10.2012

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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...

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PHOTOS: The Week In Art

Posted 02.08.2012

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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...

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Kevin Spacey Scolds Audience As Richard III

Posted 12.08.2011

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Kevin Spacey is receiving critical acclaim for more than just his scripted performance in the Sam Mendes production of Shakespeare's Richard III. The ...

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'American Beauty' Cast Reunites For Star-Studded San Francisco Project

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.08.2011

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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...

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Top 10 Most Disturbing Shakespeare Deaths

Posted 04.22.2012

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He is known for penning some of the most beautiful romances in literary history but, when writing tragedies, Shakespeare's murderous imagination ran w...

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WATCH: 25 AMAZING Celebrity Impressions In Under Four Minutes

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 09.21.2011

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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...

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Power and Downfall -- Between Shakespeare and Arab Tyrants

Shai Baitel | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Libya, Lebanon, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Iran, Rafik Hariri, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, Kevin Spacey, Richard III, Sam Mendes, World News

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?

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Homeless Bones: The Mysterious Fate of Richard III

Fortean Times | Posted 11.15.2011

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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,...

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Reinventing The Bard: Rajat Kapoor's Hamlet -- The Clown Prince Tours the UK

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 05.25.2011

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My award for the most creative re-interpretation of Shakespeare goes to Indian filmmaker Rajat Kapoor's production of Hamlet -- The Clown Prince.

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How to Enjoy Reading Shakespeare

Joseph Smigelski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shakespeare, Al Pacino, William Shakespeare, Chaucer, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello, Richard III, College News

When you finally meet William Shakespeare on his own turf, his language begins to open new doors in your consciousness.

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Tudor Dynasty Re-Examined In New Book

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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"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...

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