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Dame Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea on Seven Decades of Shakespeare
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Dame Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea on Seven Decades of Shakespeare

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Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea talk about Dench’s experiences playing Ophelia, Gertrude, Lady Macbeth and Titania. Plus, parrots, Polonius, dirty words, hijinks with Sir Ian McKellen, and more.

Isabelle Schuler on Lady Macbeth and Queen Hereafter
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Isabelle Schuler on Lady Macbeth and Queen Hereafter

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Isabelle Schuler tells us about her new novel, Queen Hereafter.

Fiona Ritchie on Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble
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Fiona Ritchie on Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble

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We talk to scholar Fiona Ritchie, whose new book, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble, details their rise to fame.

Up Close: Lady Macbeth, America, and the stain of slavery
Shakespeare and Beyond

Up Close: Lady Macbeth, America, and the stain of slavery

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Esther French

In a famous scene from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the sleep-walking Lady Macbeth desperately attempts to scrub her hands clean of the (invisible) blood stains from the murders committed by her and her husband. “Out, damned spot, out, I say!” she says,…

Excerpt – ‘Lady Romeo’ by Tana Wojczuk
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Excerpt – ‘Lady Romeo’ by Tana Wojczuk

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Shakespeare & Beyond

American actress Charlotte Cushman was a 19th-century theatrical icon, known for playing traditionally male roles like Romeo and Hamlet. She was not the only actress of her time to play these parts, but her style was uniquely assertive and athletic.…

Excerpt - 'Decorating a Room of One's Own' by Susan Harlan
Susan Harlan,
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Excerpt - 'Decorating a Room of One's Own' by Susan Harlan

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A detailed but absurd decor chat with Lady Macbeth is one of Susan Harlan’s many hilarious design interviews with literary figures in her new book “Decorating a Room of One’s Own.”

Charlotte Cushman, an American star
Thomas Sully. Charlotte Cushman. Oil on canvas, 1843. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Charlotte Cushman, an American star

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Thomas Sully. Charlotte Cushman. Oil on canvas, 1843. As we celebrate Shakespeare in 2016, it’s also time to mark some other dates on the calendar. This Saturday, July 23, 2016, is the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Cushman’s birth. Cushman was among the…