The Oscar-nominated film about Shakespeare’s son explores how men and women mourn differently – and how ‘Hamlet’ may have transformed a father’s private sorrow into enduring art.
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Count Dracula was originally a rank-breathed predator. His transformation into a tragic romantic mirrors a century of shifting attitudes about sex, gender and desire.
Reading and writing poetry, which is anchored in patterns of words, images, sounds and forms, is particularly well suited for people with autism.
In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, Jones didn’t give rousing speeches or lead marches. Instead, he doubled down on his art.
Edwina Preston approaches Nova Weetman’s ‘generous and open’ grief memoir from a place of shared loss.
The prize has gone to a Norwegian playwright and novelist whose work examines the lives of ordinary people on the outer reaches of society.
Without the First Folio, the canon of Shakespeare’s plays would have decisively shifted.
An expert in Greek tragedy can’t get past a seemingly callous approach to suicide in the National Theatre’s new take on Phaedra.
These wartime abductions aren’t specific to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Throughout history, they’ve inflicted trauma on society’s most vulnerable – making them a rich subject matter for the stage.
Shakespeare often portrayed crises of legitimacy and reflected on the politics of his day but the Tories might not fare so well in a modern production.
He is certainly important to English but he isn’t responsible for as much of it as you might think.
Role play and drama offer young people struggling with mental health issues an opportunity to explore the feelings that can lead to suicide.
Literary texts are useful for environmental communication and can deal with the complexity of climate change.
Zadie Smith’s first play delivers on what women want.
The renowned playwright saw theatre as a link to the wider community - and ultimately our common humanity.
When the future is clearly changing but we can’t focus on tomorrow, should we just keep dancing? Pamela Rabe anchors the absurdity of The Cherry Orchard.
Nigeria’s poet and playwright, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, died on October 13 aged 86
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s personal battle with polio, and his steady hand while overseeing a national eradication campaign, highlights decisive leadership against a virus that terrified America.
Brontëk is a rare work that encourages Brontë fans not to take the sisters too seriously.
Stephen Sewell’s 1986 exemplifies the traits of the decade: apocalyptic in feel, epic in scope and unforgiving in length
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Literary Theory, Department of Afrikaans, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Theatre and Media Drama, University of South Wales
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Dean's Professor of English and Professor of Theatre, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of English, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Professor of English, Bridgewater State University
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Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting and Media Production, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Cardiff University
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Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford
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Professor of American Studies, Brandeis University
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PhD candidate, Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer & Associate Professor in Theatre Studies, Department of Culture & Aesthetics, Stockholm University
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney