Orson Welles as Macbeth in the 1948 film with Jeannette Nolan as Lady Macbeth Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet ...

Naked Shakespeare, Acorn Productions' acting company dedicated to presenting the works of the Bard in non-traditional venues without sets, lights, and costumes, presents "Poems of Passion" a 50-minute ...

Guest columnist Beth Ann Fennelly analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 for its enduring relevance. The sonnet describes a speaker's journey from self-pity and envy to finding joy through love. Shakespeare ...

Your love and pity doth th’ impression fill Which vulgar scandal stamped upon my brow; For what care I who calls me well or ill, So you o’ergreen my bad, my good allow? You are my all the world, and I ...

“Sonnet 29” is a favorite of mine because it makes me laugh about unhappiness—my own and Shakespeare's. An occupational hazard of poets is feeling oneself an unappreciated outsider. One compares ...

LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- A tribute to Queen Elizabeth I, newly attributed to William Shakespeare, was read Saturday on the BBC to mark the current British monarch's birthday. The 18-line poem was ...