Hamlet News

There are appetising theatrical events promised for the weeks ahead: a new play about the suffragettes by the fast-rising Rebecca Lenkiewicz, the bug-eyed David Tennant as Hamlet at Stratford and, for those ...

Criminal Justice is a gripping new drama series on every day this week. Serena Davies talks to the stars.

Meet 15-time Tony Award nominee Jane Greenwood, who has designed costumes for characters in more than 100 productions.

This summer, dog lovers and readers can read all about canines in several new releases.

The curious tourist can find many fine attractions along Skane's coastline - the region is home to a varied collection of charming towns and cities, impressive nature reserves, beautiful and ...

FOUR years after actor Richard Burton died in 1984, his widow and fourth wife Sally was clearing out the basement of their Swiss house when she came across some old film canisters.

When a debut novel arrives with a rapturous blurb from Stephen King, as The Story of Edgar Sawtelle does, it's hard not to, at least, well, give it a look - and that was before the book scored a glowing review ...

Joining Kenneth Branagh in Tom Stoppard's version of Chekhov's play will be Andrea Riseborough, Sylvestra le Touzel, Lucy Briers, Lorcan Cranitch, Gina McKee, Kevin R McNally, Linda Broughton, Malcom Sinclair ...

Ticket sales at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival have picked up since the opening week reviews but the theatre still faces challenges with its usually strong U.S. market.

Tyrone Power, The Rains Came : For a lot longer than seems necessary, Eastern characters in Hollywood films weren't, with few exceptions, played by Eastern actors.

To answer your first question: Yes, this time they did it right. In fact, they did "The Incredible Hulk" so right that it just might become the next big hit of the summer.

Marianne Faithfull has a long list of acting credits, playing everyone from Shakespeare's Ophelia in a 1969 "Hamlet" to God on "Absolutely Fabulous" to Empress Maria Theresa in the 2006 "Marie Antoinette." To ...

The latest adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is one of several productions unveiled as part of the RSC 's return to the Novello for an all-new winter season, which also includes A Midsummer Night's Dream and ...

Sir Jonathan Miller, the theatre director, has attacked West End theatre producers for having "an obsession with celebrity". CHARLES HOPKINSON Sir Jonathan said he wants his original cast and not big stars like ...

Mel Gibson, pound for pound, not only ranks as one of Hollywood's greatest actors, he's also the most versatile of this generation because of his award-winning producing and directing skills in such hits as ...

THE Reduced Shakespeare Company have won lots of admirers at the Edinburgh Fringe, with their promise to perform the Bard's entire A"uvre in 97 minutes.

When the curtain rose last night on the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's latest version of Hamlet , it marked the eighth time in the organization's history that this most produced of all plays passed before the ...

Mr. Maurice Brown was so impressed by a visit recently to the Old Vic production of "Hamlet" that he determined to continue its limited run in the Waterloo Road by bringing it to Shaftesbury Avenue.

Ethan Hawke, Sinead Cusack, Richard Easton, Josh Hamilton and Rebecca Hall will join Simon Russell Beale in the acting company of the initial two offerings of the Bridge Project, the series of transatlantic ...

"Last night's opening night production of Hamlet was a tantalizing demonstration of how close the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, under its new management, is coming close to delivering its promises.