The Henriad: Shakespeare's Kings
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Variety - Dowling Theater, Providence, R.I.; 281 seats; &#36;50 top each
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Aidan Quinn completes the cast of the new history play by Richard Nelson, âConversations in Tusculum,â at the Public Theater. Mr. Quinn is to play Brutus alongside Brian Dennehy as Cicero, Joe Grifasi as Syrus, Gloria Reuben as Porcia, David Strathairn as Cassius and Maria Tucci as Servilia. Previews begin Feb. 19.
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Welcome to the Theater for a New Audienceâs smackdown between two of the most notorious villains of the Elizabethan stage, both starring F. Murray Abraham.
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A succession crisis has led to debate on the monarchy--and the shadowy agency behind it
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Shakespeare, specialist in flawed heroes, would have had a field day with Yasser Arafat. His life, his secrecy-shrouded illness and his death in Paris on Thursday were rich with symbolism of the aching tragedy of missed potential.
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A play by Sophocles from the fifth century B.C. has lessons for todayâs medical students.
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By Justin Davidson, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 25--MAYBE I MISSED THE MEMO -- the policy directive stating that the most effective strategy to achieve new English-language opera is to base it on a classic play or novel, preferably one that has already acquired a definitive film version.
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By The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 19--Thes
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The earliest editions of Shakespeare&#39;s plays provide a fascinating insight into how the playwright reworked his masterpieces over time, but until now, due to their age and
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: The cultural fascination with the middle ages rarely acknowledges that power is still won and abused in the same way
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In addition to King Lear, Nunn also offers another Royal Shakespeare Company production, Chekhov's immortal account of unrequited love and ambition, The Seagull.
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Black and white actors swap roles in Shakespeare & Company performances to challenge race perceptions.
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The script Allan Houston and the Knicks continue to write keeps getting curioser and curioser. Call it Allan in Wonderland, for Tweedledum may have had it pegged in Lewis Carroll&#39;s
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In London this summer there have been two notable efforts to reclaim the past. The ever-venturesome Shakespeare's Globe, whose very architecture is an act of historicism, staged three performances in late June ...
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All credit to the Shakespeare Society for trying, and trying impressively, to explore, in a single evening, the author's plays and the operas based on them.
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Ian McKellen is a great--and famous--actor. âKing Learâ is great Shakespeare. Together theyâre the hottest ticket in the country.
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Sir Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance launch a debate asking who really wrote William Shakespeare's works.