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Kenneth Branagh as Prospero in The Tempest, directed by Richard Eyre. Photo by Johan Persson

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Trailer for Aneil Karia’s adaptation of Hamlet, starring Riz Ahmed, set within London’s elite South Asian community.

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Hayley Atwell, Tom Hiddleston and the cast of Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing. Photos by Marc Brenner

Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell start performances in Much Ado About Nothing – West End photos released

Get a first look at the show at Theatre Royal Drury Lane!

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Vale Olivia Hussey

Olivia Hussey, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Black Christmas’ Star, Dies at 73

Olivia Hussey, an actor who was scouted for Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 'Romeo and Juliet' adaptation and starred in 'Black Christmas,' died Fr

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With theaters shut during the COVID-19 pandemic, two jobless actors, Sam and Mark, are uncertain about their futures—finding solace in the virtual chaos of Grand Theft Auto Online. Desperate for purpose, they decide to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the ultra-violent world of their favourite game.

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rsc twelfth night trailer

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Do they still film live performances? Would love to see this!

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Vale Maggie Smith, a legend of stage and screen!

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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Merges ‘Hamlet’ with ‘Hail to the Thief’ for Dystopian Stage Adaptation

Radiohead's Thom Yorke adapts 'Hamlet' with music from 'Hail to the Thief' for a dystopian theater experience premiering in 2025.

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Star Cast Aligns Around Al Pacino & Jessica Chastain For Bernard Rose’s ‘Lear Rex’

Star Cast Aligns Around Al Pacino & Jessica Chastain For Bernard Rose's 'Lear Rex

Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Emmy winners Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Oscar nominee LaKeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah), Chris Messina (Argo), Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Danny Huston (The Constant Gardener), Matthew Jacobs (Bar America), Rhys Coiro (Entourage) and Stephen Dorff (Blade) have joined Academy Award winners Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain in Bernard Rose’s Lear Rex, a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear.

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Ian McKellen as Falstaff in Player Kings. Photos: Manuel Harlan.

Player Kings | Starring Ian McKellen | Official Website

Shakespeare's Henry IV is reimagined in Player Kings, adapted & directed by Robert Icke and starring the inimitable Sir Ian McKellen.

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Romeo & Juliet review – Tom Holland enters to whoops as Francesca Amewudah-Rivers shows a steely cool

The Spider-Man star and his spikily charismatic Juliet, giving a heroic performance after all the abuse she faced, are perfectly cast in Jam

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Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor to Make Broadway Debuts in ‘Romeo + Juliet’ With Music by Jack Antonoff

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor will star in Broadway's "Romeo+Juliet."

From West Side Story, a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, to Romeo and Juliet proper: weird casting choice, with Rachel Zegler as Juliet. The Jack Antonoff connection, makes me think this will be &Juliet for the Taylor Swift generation.

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Full cast announced for Romeo and Juliet with Tom Holland

Find out who’ll be joining Holland in Jamie Lloyd’s production

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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal Will Star in Broadway Othello

Kenny Leon will direct a new production of the Shakespearean tragedy.

Coming in 2025: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will co-star in a new Broadway revival of Othello. Tony winner Kenny Leon will direct, with Washington playing the title role opposite Gyllenhaal as Iago.

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Ian McKellen as Falstaff in Robert Icke’s Player Kings.

Full cast announced for Ian McKellen-led Player Kings in the West End and Manchester

See who will take on the two parts of Henry IV