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To be, or not to be, that is the question.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.

"Shakespeare's 10 Best Film Adaptations"

From Kurosawa's Ran to 10 Things I Hate About You, these ten films prove that Shakespeare works on screen when directors commit fully to an interpretation. A practical guide to where to start.

Prospero — Is Shakespeare Writing About Himself?

Prospero breaks his staff and drowns his book at the end of The Tempest, Shakespeare's last solo play. Generations of scholars have read it as autobiography. Here is why the reading is persuasive, and why it is also more complicated than it first looks.

How to Get Cheap Shakespeare Tickets

From £5 standing tickets at the Globe to £10 RSC rush seats and National Theatre day deals, here is how to see great Shakespeare across the UK for less.

Falstaff — Shakespeare’s Greatest Comic Character

Sir John Falstaff is fat, old, and broke. He is also the funniest, most self-aware character Shakespeare ever created. From the friendship with Prince Hal to the brutal rejection in Henry IV Part 2, here is who Falstaff actually is, and why Verdi and Elgar were still writing about him centuries later.