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The Duchess at Trafalgar Theatre
Skiddle· 16 hours agoTheatre for 11 weeks only. Recently widowed and in search for a new lease of life, the Duchess (Whittaker) defies her family’s wishes by remarrying...
Academic to write third Shakespeare time-travel novel
This is Oxfordshire· 1 day agoHe has received praise for his first two books, Hamlet and the Psychotherapist, and The Scottish King: Macbeth and the Psychotherapist. These stories follow the adventures ...
Britain's Ian McKellen will not return to role after stage fall
Reuters via Yahoo News UK· 20 hours agoBritish actor Ian McKellen, 85, will not return to the role of John Falstaff in a tour after he fell...
Ismail Kadare: A bright light in Albania's darkest days
AFP via Yahoo News UK· 1 day agoNovelist Ismail Kadare -- who has died aged 88 -- used his pen as a stealth weapon to survive...
Ismail Kadare, 88, Dies; His Novels Brought Albania’s Plight to the World
New York Times· 1 day agoOften compared to Orwell and Kafka, he walked a political tightrope with works that offered veiled...
We've tracked down the most beautiful stately homes in Great Britain
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoIt was even featured in William Shakespeare's tragic play Macbeth as the home of the title...
'Queen of Crime' stops off at Stirling hotel ahead of Bloody Scotland festival
Daily Record via Yahoo News UK· 5 days agoThe occasion was part of the launch event of the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing...
Ian McKellen withdraws from tour of his play to ‘protect my recovery’ after fall from stage.
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 21 hours agoActor Ian McKellen said Monday he is withdrawing from a U.K. tour of his latest play because he...
Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen
The Guardian· 1 day agoTruancy laws mandate that students develop at the very least a passing familiarity with Romeo and Juliet, the highest-brow pop culture artifact nonetheless considered universally common knowledge ...
Sir Ian McKellen withdrawing from Player Kings following his fall
Daily Mail· 22 hours agoOn the stage he has played a number of Shakespearean characters including Richard II, Macbeth,...