William Shakespeare
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The generations are at war in this stunningly timely tale of political turmoil, with West delivering an intelligent performance as Shakespeare’s tragic ruler
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Brief letters: Telegraph column by ‘Boris Johnson’ | Civil service preparedness | European Soulmates | England’s self-conquest | Project Reality | Brief letters
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With a chequerboard lawn, Italianate follies and an audience on garden chairs, Shakespeare’s play is given a Portmeirion-style design
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Set amid the Indigenous Australian community, this loose adaptation by Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre stirs Shakespeare’s text into a rich linguistic stew
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Trevor Nunn’s staging is triumphant, the acting finely judged, but the British Raj setting has some conceptual flaws
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Jessica Lang’s rippling Wink, inspired by the sonnets, leads a set of pieces paying tribute to the great playwright
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Shakespeare jumps to third in magazine list, Alexander Hamilton is highest new entry while Turing and Cleopatra drop out
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Michelle Terry is riveting as Shakespeare’s wartime king in a production that emphasises how roleplaying is integral to monarchy
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She helped Scott shake his hips like a rock god in Birdland and set Fiennes boogying in A Bigger Splash. For actors, Ann Yee has all the right moves
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The verse is handled with microscopic precision as Nunn relocates Shakespeare’s comedy to a world of diplomats and cocktails where Theseus becomes a white-suited Mountbatten figure
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A school in Kent transformed its results in all subjects, from among the worst to one of the best, with help from Shakespeare
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Far-right critics of new venue in northern France inspired by Shakespeare’s Globe blamed for graffiti daubed days before it was due to open
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Ralph Fiennes is a masterly, transfixing Richard, while Vanessa Redgrave curses with quiet conviction
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In Rupert Goold’s production, Fiennes sacrifices some of the character’s irony while Vanessa Redgrave softens the often scolding Queen Margaret
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An all-female version of Shakespeare’s problem play starts with a Trump-style announcer at a beauty pageant and ends with a rousing version of Bad Reputation
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This update of The Taming of the Shrew is enjoyable but never manages to convince that it’s more than a mere marketing exercise
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