Take Shakespeare for Granted? He’ll None of It
Our magazine doesn’t include the Bard on its annual most-produced lists, but this year he snuck his way to the top anyway.
All Stories About Shakespeare
Shylock, Remade in the Venice Ghetto
What we learned about ‘Merchant of Venice’ by staging it in the city where it was set.
Notes on Shakespeare 400: Too Much of a Bard Thing
Barbara Gaines’s Chicago Shakespeare Theater staged an ambitious yearlong program in 2016. I tried to match that ambition as an attendee, with mixed success.
To Sell or Not to Sell: How Would You Sum Up ‘Hamlet’?
One sign that Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy isn’t going away: No one can agree on what it’s about.
Not Just Black and White: ‘Othello’ in America
The history of Othello in the U.S. tells a story of race, erasure, and reclamation.
Sam Gold and Andrew Lieberman’s Boxed-In ‘Othello’
Why the director and designer, longtime collaborators, decided to serve up Shakespeare in a plywood container.
The Bard in Africa: A Proof Test of Universality
Western colonizers thought Shakespeare proved their cultural superiority, but a new book explores what his plays have meant to the colonized.
What Does Shakespeare Have to Say to New York Teens?
In a five-week summer intensive at Stella Adler School, underserved youth take a stab at ‘Julius Caesar.’
Shakespeare, Once and Future American
What have centenary commemorations of our most popular playwright had to say about us and our aspirations?
How I Climbed Into a Fat Knight, and He Into Me
Playing Falstaff is a gift that keeps on giving, and not just because it’s among the greatest roles in the canon.