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Quiz, 11 Sep 2014:Shakespeare saved some fine lines for those characters drawing their last breath. Can you identify who speaks these words in their exit speeches?
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7 Sep 2014:
Mike Bartlett's mock-Shakespearean take on constitutional crisis over Prince Charles proves an attraction
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5 Sep 2014:
Blanche McIntyre handles Shakespeare's beautifully crafted farce with delight, humour and a touch of magic, writes Michael Billington
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5 Sep 2014:
A swaggering take on Shakespeare's goriest tragedy is both helped and hindered by its urban setting, writes Lyn Gardner
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29 Aug 2014:
Mark Lawson: It's fairly easy to bag Chekhov's quartet of masterpieces, but getting to see productions of all the Shakespearean canon is a much bigger challenge
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27 Aug 2014:
Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
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21 Aug 2014: BBC2’s new The Hollow Crown will feature three plays also starring Judi Dench, Keeley Hawes and Sophie Okonedo
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11 Aug 2014: Demand to see Barbican's production outstrips popularity of Beyoncé and Jay Z tour to become hottest theatre ticket ever
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6 Aug 2014:
Occasionally brilliant but tasked with an almost impossibly mutable role, Lithgow can’t quite carry Central Park’s latest, says Alexis Soloski
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Quiz,
6 Aug 2014:
On this day in 1623, William Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway died. The wives of authors and literary figures throughout history are often formidable, often sidelined and sometimes authors themselves. How well do you know the wives of famous writers?
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5 Aug 2014: The Handlebards are performing three nights of The Comedy of Errors as part of their two-wheeled nationwide tour
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4 Aug 2014:
Hurt to narrate text of Henry V to William Walton's seminal score, while Kinnear will play speaker in Oedipus libretto
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3 Aug 2014:
US radio host Ira Glass is far from the first writer to rubbish Shakespeare, writes Killian Fox
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31 Jul 2014: Letters: If anything, the Prologue to Henry V would be an apology for the use of the historic present throughout the rest of the play
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31 Jul 2014:
The highly anticipated 2015 production, starring the Sherlock actor, will include 100 £10 seats on offer for each performance
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