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The real story behind Ncuti Gatwa’s ‘dark, sexy’ Shakespeare play: Were The Bard and Marlowe lovers or rivals?

As Born With Teeth brings a ‘ferociously sexy’ take on literature’s greatest mystery to the West End, we separate the tantalising facts from wild fiction

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Ncuti Gatwa to play Christopher Marlowe in West End play

Royal Shakespeare Company announces Gatwa has been cast as Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.

The Independent UK

Ncuti Gatwa to star in 'dark, sexy' West End play about Shakespeare and Marlowe

Born With Teeth will be hitting the West End this summer, featuring Gatwa as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare in a “ferociously sexy” take on the relationship between the playwrights

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Ncuti Gatwa to star in play about rival playwrights Shakespeare and Marlowe

Born With Teeth follows Marlowe and Shakespeare as the pair collaborate in the backroom of a pub.

Evening Standard

Controversial statue outside BBC headquarters now back on display

The statue has been on display at Broadcasting House since the early 1930s

The Independent UK

Sculpture by artist who sexually abused his daughters goes back on display outside BBC headquarters

The sculpture depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest.

Evening Standard

Big Law faces a fork in the road

We should all beware when Big Law backs down before a fight

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‘He contains the whole of literature’: is Dickens better than Shakespeare?

After rereading the entire works of the great Victorian novelist during the pandemic, Peter Conrad became convinced – whisper it – that Dickens is an even greater writer than that other British literary giant, the Bard

The Guardian - UK

Eight of the most romantic poems to read to your love this Valentine’s Day

For many of us, the run-up to Valentine’s Day is spent seeking out the least cringe-worthy card in the shop to gift to our significant other, and show them how we really feel. But, unfortunately, Hallmark rhymes rarely mine the depths of love and desire.

The Conversation

Jared Harris annoys his wife by quoting Hamlet

Actor Jared Harris has admitted he annoys his wife Allegra Riggio on a regular basis by quoting lines from William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet' again and again.

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University puts trigger warnings on 200 works of Shakespeare including 'extreme weather' and 'drunkenness'

Students were warned of the ‘popping of balloons’ in one production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest

Evening Standard

As a longtime GTA roleplayer, this documentary about actors putting on Hamlet inside GTA Online made me laugh, cry, and wholeheartedly regret ever calling Shakespeare a boring old bastard

Grand Theft Hamlet is the pinnacle of performance culture in a sandbox punching well above its weight.

PC Gamer

Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness admits his mother kept Glitterball trophy in the toilet

McGuiness also revealed the unlikely way he came to audition for The Wanted

Evening Standard

What Shakespeare revealed about the chaotic reign of Richard III – and why the play still resonates in the age of Donald Trump

Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the reign of England’s infamous monarch and charts the path of a charismatic, cunning figure.

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Indian gastropub near home of Shakespeare’s wife faces demolition

Cask N Tandoor pub, 200m from Anne Hathaway’s cottage, accused of breaching legal covenant limiting development

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Cultural wellbeing: five shows to see at the start of 2025

Getting out and about to see more plays, shows and galleries may be a good new year resolution

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Could monkeys really type the complete works of Shakespeare?

The infinite monkey theorem is a fun thought experiment, but does it actually apply to our finite world?

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Sigourney Weaver ‘hates watching scary films’ and tries to avoid seeing them

Weaver was speaking ahead of her West End debut as Prospero in the William Shakespeare play The Tempest.

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‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

Evening Standard

Strictly winner Jay McGuiness to star as William Shakespeare in & Juliet

The musical, created by David West Read, is based on what would happen if Juliet decided not to kill herself at the end of the play Romeo And Juliet.

Woman & Home

Films you didn't know were remakes - from iconic romcoms to cult classics

Inspiration can come from the unlikeliest of places, and many of these iconic movies had a little help

Windows Central

Is AI better than Shakespeare? People resonate better with deepfake poems because they are "more beautiful" and easy to understand: "Because of the way deepfakes are created, you will literally not know what is real and what is fake"

A new study by the University of Pittsburgh reveals that users can't demystify AI-generated deepfakes from authentic work as AI becomes more advanced. Participants misconstrued AI-generated poems for authentic work in 58.5% of the cases and only made the right call 51.7% of the time.

The Guardian - US

Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci: ‘He may be the person of the last millennium’

The legendary documentarian has taken on his first non-American subject for an expansive two-part docuseries

The Independent UK

Best historical fiction books of 2024, from Robert Harris to Colm Tóibín

THE LIST: Transport yourself back to a bygone era with Katie Rosseinsky’s guide to the best historical fiction releases of the year

The Guardian - UK

Bill Nighy: I stole complete works of Shakespeare to help me get into drama school

Actor says he took books after applying to acting school to impress a girl, but he now refuses to perform in Bard’s plays

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