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Please stop, in the name of love
King Lear, Hamlet and Othello all have good endings, but it is Julius Caesar that remains the ultimate political thriller
The Bard's 13th play is an archetypal story of forbidden, young passion crushed by customs and tribal hostilities
From the plot and themes to the most famous lines " everything you need to know about William Shakespeare's iconic play
The TV host wants to 'shake things up', she tells Veronica Lee
As the world prepares to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Howard Jacobson kicks off our unique, collectible series with a study of the most famous tragedy of them all
The Broadway hit is coming to London. Matt Trueman meets its creator
You feel as though you've aged a decade as the light gradually fades
Altogether, 687 people will be involved
Ambitious project will see 18 professionals perform with 14 amateur companies playing Bottom and the Mechanicals in 12 sites around Britain
Richard Eyre directs and adapts this revival with a quietly shattering insight into its terrifying depths
Actor's reading of Sophocles' 'Ajax' will be staged as part of the 'Theatre of War' rehabilitation project
John Osborne, the writer of 'Look Back in Anger' and 'The Entertainer', was hailed as Britain's most provocative playwright. But, as this extract from a new biography by Peter Whitebrook&nbs…
This is a disturbing, balefully hilarious new play
It will be an intense experience, according to the director and his leading lady, Lydia Leonard
The baritone explains how he chooses which public figures to excoriate on stage when he plays Ko-Ko in 'The Mikado'
From Nicole Kidman to Salma Hayek, the black tie attire of the stars on the red carpet
Kidman seals triumphant return to the stage by taking Best Actress for her role as Rosalind Franklin in 'Photograph 51'
Fans have gathered outside the Old Vic theatre to catch a glimpse of acting royalty
The event, now in its 61st year, celebrates the best of the capital's theatre
In her latest play, the writer has put the focus on a middle-aged female " and that's still all too rare, she says
Odedra's exploration of his own dyslexia gets bogged down in elaborate staging
Sex and the City star pulls out less than a week before opening night 'at the advice of her doctors'
Sheridan Smith can do little wrong these days, whether as Cilla Black or as Shakespeare's Titania
The 'green' trio of Emma Maguire, Yasmine Naghdi and Tristan Dyer were particularly strong
