Hamlet is typically seen as the epitome of a serious play: visualise it on stage and you’re probably imagining a sober black-clad prince, clutching a skull and brooding miserably on his own mortality ...

In "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," two bewildered minor characters in “Hamlet” become central figures. Gallery Players is taking a fresh look at Tom Stoppard’s darkly comic 1967 play with a ...

Set in London's South Asian community, the Telluride-premiering film relies (mostly) on the Bard's language. By Caryn James This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the ...

Maxine Peake is far from being the first woman to play Hamlet. Of those I've seen, Frances de la Tour had a bravura swagger while the German Angela Winkler exuded the vulnerability of a damaged child.