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Fathers and daughters: what’s the truth behind this unexplored family bond?

Research suggests fathers of girls have more empathy for women. But as King Lear and new movie Aftersun show, there are plenty of challenges along the way

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Four of Shakespeare's plays and how they speak to the current political situation in Britain

The last few years in politics have gifted the keen observer many allusions to some of Shakespeare’s best-loved works. From the Midsummer Night’s (fever) Dream the electorate might think they are experiencing while looking on at parliament to All’s Well That Ends Well (or is it?).

The Conversation

Upstart Crow at the Apollo Theatre review: David Mitchell is the draw in this hectic sitcom spin-off

A vehicle for panto acting and a machine-gun barrage of gags

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From King Charles III to King Lear: what theatre tells us about taking the throne

Mike Bartlett’s 2014 play anticipated a constitutional crisis, while playwrights including Shakespeare and Chekhov have shown how traumatic a transfer of power can be

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How will history recall the reign of Bad King Boris?

King Lear may have divided the country in two and turned it against itself but perhaps, like the outgoing Tory leader, he ‘got all the big calls right’

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David Warner was gentle, inquisitive – and stunning on stage

An actor of innate tenderness and grace, Warner had a theatre career of two halves, each with superb performances for the RSC

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Patriots; The Tempest; King Lear

Tom Hollander excels in Peter Morgan’s incisive oligarch drama; Deborah Warner directs a fine Tempest; and Michelle Terry plays both the Fool and Cordelia to Kathryn Hunter’s Lear

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‘Remarkable, revelatory, inspiring’: Yvonne Brewster pays tribute to actor Mona Hammond

The director remembers her friend, Talawa theatre company co-founder and EastEnders star as a rare talent with phenomenal attention to detail

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Portrait of an artist: The making, unravelling and reinvention of Eryn Jean Norvill

The actor at the centre of the Geoffrey Rush vs The Daily Telegraph defamation trial is finally finding fame — and acclaim — for the ‘right’ reasons: her art.

ABC News

PM swerves the Commons to channel the Bard in Bury

Instead of briefing MPs on his India visit, Boris Johnson headed north to kick a football around and quote Shakespeare

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