In Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” Malvolio famously says, “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.” This is not that play, but ...
He was the English king who oversaw one of the country’s greatest military victories at Agincourt, later immortalised in the works of William Shakespeare. Documents unearthed by The Telegraph under ...
HENRY V. By William Shakespeare. With Andre Braugher, Kenneth L. Marks, Kathleen Chalfant, Elizabeth Marvel, Henry Stram, Jeff Weiss and others. Sets by Neil Patel. Costumes by Paul Tazewell. Directed ...
“O for a muse of fire” to properly praise this ambitious, wise, contemporary-in-spirit, production of Shakespeare’s best-loved history play by Virginia Stage Company and Norfolk State University. It ...
Henry V was a man who was used to hardship, but seldom to losing. As a young prince, he learnt the arts of kingship and warfare battling Owain Glydwr’s insurgency in Wales and a rebellion of the ...
In a comprehensive biography, the historian Dan Jones tries to reconcile the hero of legend with the complicated young monarch of reality. By Stephen Greenblatt Stephen Greenblatt is the John Cogan ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company continues its 19th Season with William ...
In all the history of Shakespeare on film, there are really only two names that matter-Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles. Now, the young, Irish-born actor-director Kenneth Branagh has attempted to add ...