The renowned director Sir Richard Eyre has spoken to BBC Breakfast about his two new films - part of the BBC's 'The Hollow Crown' Shakespeare series. full story ![]()

A retired English professor in India has finished translating all 38 of William Shakespeare's plays into Punjabi after 20 years, being paid just 50p a day.
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On William Shakespeare's birthday, the establishment wants authorship questions to be put 'beyond doubt'. Is it rattled?Today marks William Shakespeare's 449th birthday and celebrations are being planned to commemorate this special occasion. There is nothing new in the observation of Shakespeare's birthday, but this year there is a difference, a problem perhaps of...
guardian.co.uk (26 days ago)

A group of 22 of the world's leading Shakespeare scholars have come together to produce a book that details what they consider to be definitive evidence that the Bard really did write his own plays.
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Paul Ince's appointment as Blackpool manager, where son Tom plays, is the latest father and son football combination. Sportsmail revisit some of the best.
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STAGE legend John Bell plays one of Shakespeare's greatest comic creations Falstaff, in Henry IV, which is making its national premiere.
news.com.au (2 months and 23 days ago)

Teenagers will be required to study two plays by Shakespeare, a 19th century novel and the Romantic poets under new plans to toughen up GCSEs, it has emerged.
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 9 days ago)

April 23rd is National Talk Like Shakespeare Day. To honor the upcoming occasion, here’s a look at 11 of the strangest productions, original plays, and acting companies based on the Bard’s inimitable work.
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - Money troubles are halting Shakespeare productions in a Greenwich park this summer.
boston.com (7 days ago)
The Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race is Alaska's most popular sporting event. Mitch and Dallas Seavey, father and son, speak to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about each taking home first prize in one of the most demanding sports.
cbsnews.com (2 months ago)

News that a father and his son died while hiking the Alps became a sad trending topic on March 17. According to a British source, Peter Saunders and his 12-year-old boy Charlie were trudging through the snow high...
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