Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner starred in Broken Lance, a Westen that shares similarities with Shakespeare's King Lear.

The entire energy of the nation changed overnight — and these last few weeks have felt like one big shout of “We’re back, ...

From Nov. 14 – 16, the Middlebury community enjoyed a dazzling production of one  of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, King ...

The Shed's artistic director, Alex Poots, on how he brought starry theater events with Branagh, Stephen Sondheim and Ralph ...

Whereas “King Lear” might have found a trace of prevailing goodness at its terminus, Armfield’s tale, in the end, eschews ...

In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, the actor, writer, and director ushered in a Golden Era of Shakespeare plays on film ...

An old murder case with new evidence, an opulent adventure, and moving southern history — here are PEOPLE's picks for the best books of December, so far.

Denzel Washington called Ryan Coogler to say sorry for talking about his role in the film before it was confirmed.

The great Kenneth Branagh leads and co-directs a decidedly not-great production which often feels like a college effort—if the head of your drama department had made Shakespeare films 30-odd ...

Our recommended books this week take you to the top of the world (via Daniel Light’s history of mountaineering) and into the ...

a staging of “King Lear” co-directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “It’s been 10 years in the making,” said the Shed’s ...