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Play on ‘Shakespeare’s Wife’ to be staged on Saturday

Enjoy a solo performance of "Shakespeare's Wife" at Ranga Shankara, Bengaluru, Sat. 3.30-7.30pm. Written in Kannada by Uday Itagi, translated into English by Laxmi Chandrashekar, the play is inspired by Robert Nay's novel and Shakespeare's sonnets. Directed by Vishwaraj Patil and performed by Laxmi Chandrashekar, with music composed by Gajanana…

The Hindu · Aug 11, 2023

Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws

Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides.

WEKU · Aug 8, 2023

Florida schools plan to use only excerpts from Shakespeare to avoid ‘raunchiness’

DeSantis law that clamps down on LGBTQ+and gender issues also says material sexual in nature should not be used in classes

The Guardian - US · Aug 8, 2023

Queen Camilla’s ruffled sapphire blue dress makes low-key nod to Kate Middleton’s signature summer style

Queen Camilla's ruffled sapphire blue dress was her stunning outfit of choice for a special reception at Windsor Castle

Woman & Home · Jul 19, 2023

Bard jokes: how music-hall greats inspired Stewart Lee to meddle with Macbeth

The stand-up comedian describes how he gave a modern twist to the Porter’s dark jokes in a new RSC production directed by Wils Wilson

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2023

Schools in Florida's Orange County target classics, popular novels to keep sex out of class

ORLANDO, Fla. — The classic novels “A Room With a View” and “Madame Bovary” and the epic poem “Paradise Lost” — published in England more than 350 years ago — have been at least temporarily rejected by Orange County Public Schools for sexual content that educators fear runs afoul of…

Orlando Sentinel · Jul 3, 2023

Archivists give sports fans rare glimpse into early days of women’s football

The picture, published in The Sketch on March 27 1895, is part of a collection of historical artefacts stored at the London Metropolitan Archives.

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023

Mark Rylance on royalty, method acting and the Iraq war: ‘I’ve talked with the King about who wrote Shakespeare’s plays’

The generational stage actor speaks to Chris Harvey about Timothée Chalamet, his ‘failure’ at the Globe, and his new play ‘Dr Semmelweis’

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

‘It was shocking’: the author under attack for doubting Shakespeare

Elizabeth Winkler’s controversial new book Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies investigates highly fraught theories around the beloved playwright

The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2023

National Portrait Gallery reopening review – a magnificent reinvention

After three years, the gallery opens its (new) doors to reveal a brilliant transformation that includes a luminous show on a British pioneer of colour photography

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023