http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-63-william-shakespeare/topic-rss.do William Shakespeare RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773473-friends-mandem-lend-me-your-ears-actors-stage-julius-caesar-in-street-slang.do Group of young actors have re-invented Julius Caesar as a cautionary tale of violence in urban London - with Shakespeare's script partly rewritten in street language 2009-11-23T09:39:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23773435-lenny-henry-maybe-one-day-we-can-have-a-black-doctor-who.do Shortlisted at today's Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels 2009-11-23T08:37:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23730060-get-out-of-the-ghetto-and-enjoy-londons-great-art.do Merely adding a hip-hop soundtrack to a play won’t solve the more fundamental mindset problem at work 2009-08-10T07:23:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23723810-troilus-and-cressida-is-not-fit-for-heroes.do When Troilus and Cressidea is done well, the piece is riveting. Unfortunately, this lacklustre offering is not done well. 2009-07-23T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23712067-we-apologise-for-this-delay-to-your-service-but-to-live-is-to-dream.do Drivers on the Piccadilly line are to operate on a higher plane by adding doses of philosophy to their daily announcements 2009-06-25T12:16:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710868-bard-and-beach-volleyball-in-weekend-of-olympics-fun.do Hundreds of events from giant dominoes to "hip hop Shakespeare" will take place this summer to boost public enthusiasm for the 2012 Olympic Games. 2009-06-23T08:42:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23702407-unbeatable-beatrice-in-much-ado-about-nothing.do As the sun sets, the fairy lights twinkle, the Pimm's flows and Much Ado About Nothing plays out agreeably before us in Regent's Park. 2009-06-01T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23686272-mendelssohns-music-in-a-midsummer-nights-dream.do Middle Temple Hall is the ideal venue for A Midsummer Night's Dream. 2009-05-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23680408-astonishing-lenny-henry-takes-his-moor-to-west-end.do Lenny Henry is to make his West End theatrical debut as Othello 2009-04-24T08:02:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23679831-shakespeare-did-not-write-his-own-plays-claims-sir-derek-jacobi.do Two leading Shakespearean actors have joined the doubters who believe the bard did not write the plays 2009-04-23T09:32:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23645862-man-behaving-badly-in-taming-of-the-shrew.do Stone Age gender politics aside, The Taming of the Shrew production at the Novello is a tiresome grind. 2009-02-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23640161-loves-labour-at-the-globe.do The Globe is to celebrate affairs of the heart with a series of Shakespeare's plays about young love 2009-02-12T10:14:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23583692-globe-given-priceless-shakespeare-texts.do A collector and playwright in America has pledged his "priceless collection" of texts by Shakespeare and other writers to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre 2008-11-07T09:44:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23550571-twelfth-night-is-pared-down-to-worthlessness.do The surface might have been polished until it gleams but there is nothing meaningful underneath the voice-distorting microphones and synthesisers in Twelfth Night. 2008-09-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23529114-bottom-is-top-in-midsummer-nights-dream.do Footsbarn's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is forgiven for any niggles after a magical last scene in which peace is restored. 2008-08-07T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23528390-timon-is-credit-crunch-tragedy.do Timon of Athens's Globe run is a rare theatrical curio given a gimmicky staging, but with a sterling central performance. 2008-08-06T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23476650-its-all-doom-and-gloom.do You could not ask for a tragedy that does more to fill the senses with gloom than Feng Xiaogang’s dark, big-budget costume drama The Banquet. 2008-04-09T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23473011-feast-on-st-georges-day.do The capital will host a series of events in aid of St George's Day. From floating Shakespeare shows to English food markets, there is something to suit every taste. 2008-04-03T10:59:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23457633-why-shakespeare-inspires-rapper-akala.do After being dubbed the black Shakespeare by DJs following the release of his early single, Akala had a lot to live up to. Winning a Mobo award for his debut album set him on the right track. 2008-03-18T10:15:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23423042-the-story-of-the-upstart-crow.do If you plan to see one biography-of-Shakespeare show in your life, it might as well be Sweet William, says Fiona Mountford. 2007-11-26T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23412956-bard-takes-a-trip-to-japan.do Kenneth Branagh is definitely not a magical film-maker and his remake of As You Like It rarely catches fire as one of Shakespeare's most popular plays should. 2007-09-19T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23410757-so-whodunit-will.do I Am Shakespeare is the best acted, funniest and least patronising bit of Theatre in Education you'll ever see, says Kieron Quirke. 2007-09-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23404489-booze-behind-the-success-of-re-born-theatre.do The Arts Theatre near Leicester Square, which was forced to close two years ago in a row over its lease, is thriving again - and bosses say cheap drinks are the secret of its success. 2007-07-16T12:09:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23401563-making-fast-work-of-the-bard.do The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) moves at a cracking pace which sees 37 plays covered in just 97 minutes 2007-06-21T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23388889-an-eastern-enchantment.do The Roundhouse bursts back into dramatic life with Tim Supple's sensational, sexy and spectacular Indian version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. 2007-03-14T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23387854-an-indian-midsummer-nights-dream.do Featuring actors, dancers, martial arts experts, musicians and street acrobats, this Indian version of a Shakespeare classic is causing a sensation. 2007-03-06T12:44:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23381951-a-gender-for-change.do Ed Hall is directing his all-male company in a double bill of Shakespeare plays which rely on gender differences. He tells Claire Allfree why. 2007-01-16T15:03:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23381022-much-ado-about-iraq.do Roy Williams's new play takes its inspiration from the Bard and adds binge-drinking and Basra to the mix. 'I wanted to capture a violent city atmosphere,' he says. 2007-01-09T13:33:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23368245-fairytale-high-jinks-and-shakespeares-dame.do Shakespeare's late romance, Cymbeline, gets the Kneehigh treatment, but its pared-down, revved up action-packed production doesn't always work perfectly, says Fiona Mountford. 2006-09-25T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23365623-camping-it-up-shakespearean-style.do Shamlet promises a rollicking, exuberant parody of Shakespeare's Dane. What we actually get, alas, is a lot less high-minded. 2006-09-03T23:00:00Z