A political leader is both a person and a symbol. Observers will fill that vessel with meaning, often projecting their own highest hopes or greatest fears on a ruler. In Julius Caesar, William ...

There are two types of clowns in Shakespeare: clever fools who speak truth to power (King Lear’s court jester, Feste in Twelfth Night) and actual idiots, written to be laughed at, who spew ...

The Public Theater, the longtime New York nonprofit currently taking fire for its Free Shakespeare in the Park production of “Julius Caesar,” has responded to the outcry by refusing to back down. “We ...

This weekend, you can find The Queen's Men's all-female production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" at the Trinity Theatre in the Mission Valley shopping center. In Shakespeare's day, all roles — ...

They've come for William Shakespeare. They are the purveyors of outrage culture, which seems increasingly to shape tastes (and distastes) of modern-day America. But they are not, as one might expect ...

“Julius Caesar” is probably considered the least of Shakespeare’s great plays. Critics rarely give it the praise that “Macbeth” or “Hamlet” receive, and students find it lacks the pathos to make it ...

Who knew you could weaponize Shakespeare? Apparently the Public Theater did. Its new production of "Julius Caesar," featuring the assassination of a pouffy-blond Caesar in a red power tie, might be ...

The dramas of English kings from centuries ago would seem to have little in common with the daily political grind in Washington. But year after year, said D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company Director ...

While it's true that William Shakespeare wrote the play Julius Caesar and the famous line "Beware the Ides of March," Shakespeare did not come up with the concept of the "Ides of March." The Ides were ...

Two beloved plays by William Shakespeare are set to welcome audiences back to the spectacular outdoor venue at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum this summer. The 2021 summer repertory season, sponsored ...