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Quote of the day by William Shakespeare: ‘Love all, trust a few, do wrong to…’

April 23 marks the birthday of one of the greatest British playwrights, William Shakespeare.

Published 82 days ago

The Will (Shakespeare) in our world, of our time

Shakespeare, like Hindi cinema, has heavily relied on well-known myths, historical stories and allegories. (AFP)

Published 92 days ago

How Shakespeare films distort history

A still from Hamnet (Agata Grzybowska/FOCUS FEATURES LLC.)

Updated 153 days ago

World Hindi Day | Poet Nayab Midha: The day I wrote in Hindi, the world changed

Poetess Nayab Midha poses for HT City for an exclusive shoot at Baansera Park.

Published 184 days ago

Quote of the day by William Shakespeare:‘Self-love, my liege, is not so vile…'

Shakespeare’s quote underscores the importance of self-love and care in today’s busy life.

Updated 185 days ago

Movie Review: Jessie Buckley startles and shimmers in ‘Hamnet,’ a meditation on love, loss and art

Movie Review: Jessie Buckley startles and shimmers in ‘Hamnet,’ a meditation on love, loss and art

Published 230 days ago

Hollywood stars are heading to the theatre to show off their acting chops

Actors like George Clooney, Tom Hiddlestone, Haley Atwell, Hugh Jackman and more are making their way to theatre

Updated 406 days ago

Stephen Greenblatt: “Shakespeare is like an enormous planet Jupiter”

Stephen Greenblatt at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025 (Jaipur Literature Festival)

Published 422 days ago

It's official! 10 Things I Hate About You is getting a Broadway makeover

10 Things I Hate About You is getting a Broadway makeover!

Published 444 days ago

Hamlet’s home in Denmark

Kronborg Castle (Wonderful Copenhagen. )

Updated 474 days ago

Denzel Washington distances himself from ‘Hollywood actor’ label

Denzel Washington attends the Broadway opening night after-party of William Shakespeare's Othello.

Published 476 days ago

A reduced Shakespeare: When three actors switch characters of the plays in a 90-min exhibit

Mumbai, India - Feb. 12, 2025: Adapted by pritpal Singh and Aryamann , Actors in the frame :Akshat, Anubhav, Aryamann, Reharsal of the Synopsis of the play : All the World’s a Stage – A Shakespearean Spoof, Romeo and Juliet’s tragic romance morphing into a melodramatic soap opera to Hamlet delivering stand-up comedy in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published 511 days ago

Whose song is it anyway? Unravelling Ilaiyaraja’s struggle for ownership

Ilaiyaraja has been composing music for films since 1974

Published 783 days ago

Why ‘Beware the Ides of March’? Historical significance and other unlucky dates

A turning point in Roman history recreated in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, which again popularised the line "Beware the Ides of March".

Published 849 days ago

The Shakespeare I have come to know: A scholar separates legend from legacy

The ghost of the King appears before Horatio and the guards in Hamlet. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated 905 days ago

Dame Judi Dench recites Shakespeare's sonnet on The Graham Norton Show

Actor Judi Dench poses at the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California October 30, 2014. (Reuters)

Published 988 days ago

Review: Famine Tales; A Graphic Anthology edited by Ayesha Mukherjee et al

From the anthology’s Phullara-r Bhoj scroll. (https://faminetales.exeter.ac.uk/)

Updated 1067 days ago

Book Box: A Poem A Day

A Poem A Day, Gulzar.

Updated 1184 days ago

The politician who does not know how to say sorry

What Gandhi didn’t realise in 2013 — but, presumably, cannot forget today — is that even if a court eventually stays his conviction, he will have missed several weeks of a sitting Parliament.

Published 1199 days ago

Biography calls John Donne great as Shakespeare, wins UK nonfiction book prize

Biography calls John Donne great as Shakespeare, wins UK nonfiction book prize

Updated 1333 days ago

Shakespeare portrait, the only one in his lifetime, on sale. See here

Shakespeare Portrait: The owner is offering the piece for sale by private treaty without an auction.

Published 1334 days ago

400 years of Shakespeare's First Folio celebrated in Germany

A first edition of "Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies", which has become known the "First Folio"

Published 1370 days ago

Celebrating Moliere's enduring legacy, 400 years on

Moliere, baptized Jean Baptiste Poquelin on January 15, 1622

Published 1639 days ago

Medical students studying Shakespeare may easily connect with patients: Study

Representative image.

Published 1926 days ago

Here's how studying Shakespeare may help medical students connect with patients

Dr Jeffrey stated that the idea that emotions are disruptive and need to be controlled is deeply ingrained in medical education and practice, contributing to doctors distancing from patients.

Published 1928 days ago

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