Oxford believed that his wife had been unfaithful to him while he was away on a European tour and (for a time, at least) seems to have doubted that he was the father of her first child. Hamlet says to ...

The great Kenneth Branagh leads and co-directs a decidedly not-great production which often feels like a college effort—if ...

From Shakespearean tragedies to modern tales of self-discovery, astrology has played a celestial hand in shaping literary ...

You will not be able to keep your eyes off the eye. Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company ...

Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

The British actor stars in and co-directs this brisk, emotionally vacuous production of the towering drama at the Shed.

Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia. Photo: Marc J. Franklin/Courtesy The Shed Kenneth Branagh and ...

The morning after the election, the historian discussed some books that shed light on the precedents for our fractured ...

Three women stand before their mother. Two profess an unyielding love for her. One falls silent. None of them will come out ...

Above my desk, I keep a Post-it note with a quote from the play: “The worst is not so long as we can say ‘This is the worst.’ ” ...

American comedy museum and archive the National Comedy Center has opened a new exhibit celebrating the legacy of legendary TV producer Norman Lear in civic engagement and comedy. Lear’s life ...