Like an ageing rock band contracted for one last farewell tour, in Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s back playing the hits.

Readers and audiences have turned to Shakespeare's greatest plays for their insights into power and performance, sex and religion, demagoguery and populism. But what political currents were likely ...

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo have returned to their roles in Macbeth as the play made its West End bow. The acting pair starred in the William Shakespeare play at the Donmar Warehouse earlier this ...