As effective as the scenes are in the finished film, Zhao was torn about including the soliloquy. The director, who won an Oscar for the pensive Nomadland, wanted Hamnet’s screenplay to incorporate ...

Patsy Anne Rodgers Nelson passed peacefully on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, in Wilmington, North Carolina. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Little Chapel ...

The actor Sir Ian McKellen, a Shakespearean actor also known as the wizard Gandalf in all three “Lord of the Rings” films, is coming to Chicago Shakespeare Theater for a one-night benefit performance ...

Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of William Shakespeare, and almost everything known about him comes from sparse parish records, fueling centuries of speculation about his short life and his ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent ...

Mr. Lichtenberg is the artistic producer at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington. The new film “Hamnet” features two bright young actors, Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, playing Shakespeare ...

Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped the bard's most famous works. This illustration shows William Shakespeare ...

In her moving 2020 novel, Hamnet, the Northern Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell explored the possibility that a real-life tragedy may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.

Patsy Cline will forever be remembered as one of the most influential country singers of all time. Musically, she made great strides for the genre, but commercially, she proved that the masses wanted ...

Could the discovery of a third portrait of William Shakespeare be a genuine article? There are only two accepted representations of William Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a ...

In several ways, “Picturing Shakespeare” is the fulfillment of a PBS programmer’s fantasy mashup. Consider the elements: Anglophilia. A detective story. And the “Antiques Roadshow” version of the ...