If "The Merchant of Venice" is one Shakespeare's better known plays lacking a film version, then Michael Radford's tony adaptation to some degree illustrates why. Polished production, prestige cast ...

Al Pacino famously spends years obsessing on the Shakespearean roles he takes on, but the results pay off. Such is the case with his Shylock in the Central Park production of the Bard's ...

William Shakespeare's plays have inspired dramatists for centuries -- and more recently, filmmakers. But while generations of performers and theater fans readily embrace familiar dramas such as Hamlet ...

The pleasures of storefront Shakespeare are legion, not the least of which is an intimate encounter with the text. But for such a delight to kick into gear, the actors have to be aware that they’re ...