Like a zombie that won’t die, the notion that William Shakespeare was a front for someone else has popped up again. A blog on ...

William Shakespeare was a “black Jewish woman”, according to a new book. It claims that the truth of Shakespearean authorship has been hidden by centuries of “Western-centric and Eurocentric ideology” ...

For such a physically slight, ballerina-like figure, Julie Taymor is metaphysically fierce. The fact that she arrives at our rendezvous in a New York bistro buzzing with adrenaline, having just come ...

What do Helen Keller, Sigmund Freud, and Keanu Reeves have in common? They all believe that Shakespeare didn't exist. Rather, they believe that the true genius behind Shakespeare's plays and poems ...

Theater companies focusing on Shakespeare are part of a long and illustrious local tradition. My own introduction to William Shakespeare’s plays can be traced back to childhood in the 1950s when our ...