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The Canadian Opera Company balances old and new Special Toronto - The Canadian Opera Company moves into daring territory with its 2015-2016 season, announced this past week. A mix of old favorites and new works dominates a season characterized by bold new choices and old favorites.

Rare first Shakespeare edition found in French library Saint-omer - A copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio, the first-ever compilation of the Bard's plays published in 1623, has been discovered in the library of an ancient port town in northern France.

Shakespeare's Globe launches on-demand video service London - If you've ever had a hankering for some high Shakespearean drama but don't want to leave your home, Shakespeare's Globe has a solution — a new on-demand video service.

Sex, drink, food, and trouble: Verdi's Falstaff lives large Special Toronto - Canadian opera singer Gerald Finley says the timing’s right to make his debut as one of opera’s biggest and most beloved party boys.

Review: CanStage tries to soften 'Titus Andronicus' brutality in Toronto Special Toronto - Not that I'm a fan of Trigger Warnings, but if any Shakespeare play really needs to be preceded by one, it's “Titus Andronicus”. Murder, rape, mutilation, cannibalism, racism — this early Bard tragedy is a grim celebration of meaningless atrocity.

Review: Toronto's High Park is the perfect setting for 'As You Like It' Special Toronto - Canadian Stage's annual Shakespeare in High Park has become a respected Toronto summer tradition, and this year, the Bard's pastoral comedy “As You Like It” is a fine match for the High Park Amphitheatre's outdoor setting and young audiences.

Howie B's 'Down With The Dawn' a portrait of loss and life Special Scottish DJ/producer Howie B. is perhaps best-known for his work with U2, Bjork, Tricky, and Ry Cooder. But he's also a gifted artist in his own right. His latest album offers a wide range of sounds, and references deeply personal experiences.

Rights groups query wisdom of Hamlet tour in N. Korea Seoul - Human rights groups have questioned the wisdom of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London taking a production of Hamlet to North Korea, but stopped short of calling for the plan to be scrapped.The Globe will perform the play in the secretive state in Sep...

Orlando Bloom debuts on Broadway Orlando Bloom has begun his first role on Broadway, playing Romeo in a production of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at Casa Loma Special Toronto - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) has returned to Toronto's Casa Loma by popular demand for a limited run July 18, 24 and 25.

Review: Toronto High Park production attempts to tame Shrew's misogyny Special Toronto - “The Taming of the Shrew” remains one of Shakespeare's most problematic and debated comedies, in its endorsement of male-dominated gender politics from four centuries ago. Is it possible to adapt the text in a way that's acceptable in 2013?

Review: Toronto's 'Macbeth' in High Park lacks tragic feeling and scope Special Toronto - Nothing undermines a Shakespeare play like a tragic hero who can't arouse your sympathy. And “Macbeth”, in which the title role is a murderous usurper, particularly requires a lead who can charm empathy from an audience, in order for it to work.

Frank Langella to play King Lear in new revival Multi-Tony award winning actor Frank Langella is to play King Lear in the U.K. The play will part of the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is a big deal Special ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy of comic and tragic events involving two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

Shakespeare coming to Dubrovnik Dubrovnik - Shakespeare is coming to Dubrovnik, Croatia this spring with two new plays produced by the Dubrovnik Shakespeare Festival.

Review: Toronto's Soulpepper fills Stoppard classic with energy, flair Special Toronto - “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” is a play in danger of becoming overly familiar, another “modern classic” ruined by time and too many revivals. It takes an energetic cast and vision to make Tom Stoppard's great tragicomedy seem new again.

New theatre to rise at site of Shakespeare playhouse Shoreditch - During a London archaeological dig in 2008 the site of a theatre, once used by William Shakespeare, was discovered. Now planning permission has been granted which will result in a theatre being built on the site.

Review: Toronto's 'Dream' full of high energy, mixed performances Special Toronto - Shakespeare in High Park marks its 30th season this year with the comedy that launched this annual Toronto tradition in 1983, “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, but the new production takes many unusual risks – many of which pay off.

New play asks 'What if Shakespeare wrote Pulp Fiction?' Chicago - Fans of Quentin Tarantino and Shakespeare rejoice: a new play being put on in Chicago is a mashup of "Pulp Fiction" and Shakespearean verse.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre gets large anonymous donation London - Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, located on London’s South Bank, has received a gift from an anonymous private donor of £1.5 million to help with structural development.

Review: ‘Anonymous’ explores Shakespeare's credibility One half of 'Anonymous' takes aim at the authenticity of William Shakespeare; the other half is a period drama set in volatile Elizabethan England. Available on Blu-ray and DVD February 7, 2012.

Shakespeare's Words website attracts fans from 197 countries Special Language expert, David Crystal, and Shakespearean actor Ben Crystal, report their internet site, Shakespeare's Words, now has users from every country in the world. “The site has become an entity in its own right,” says Ben Crystal.

Shakespeare's Words database powers iPhone app Special Internationally famous linguist, Professor David Crystal, together with world-renowned Shakespearean actor and author, Ben Crystal, who built the website Shakespeare's Words, have now moved into App support for Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod.

Shakespeare's 'Tempest' meant to be a musical, researcher says Everybody knows William Shakespeare, the great Bard of tragedies, comedies, sonnets, romances and poetry. But was The Tempest a musical?

Royal Shakespeare Company holding costume sale Stratford-upon-avon - If you're looking for an Egyptian head dress, clerical outfit or chain mail the Royal Shakespeare Company's costume sale could be the ideal event.

William Shakespeare dies in real-life tragedy Australian singer William Shakespeare, who had hit songs during the 1970s, died this week at the age of 61, following years filled with depression, alcohol and poverty.

Accused In Theft Of Shakespeare Work Rides To Court In Carriage Dressed in a Highland tartan and riding in a horse-drawn carriage, the man accused of stealing a priceless Shakespeare work arrived at court drinking Drambuie.

If It Wasn't Shakespeare, Then Who? Justice Stevens Renders an opinion on who wrote Shakespeare's plays. He says it wasn't the Bard of Avon and the evidence is beyond a reasonable doubt.

Enter the real Shakespeare: new bio bolsters the Oxford case Anderson's biography of the 17th Earl of Oxford, proposed as the real author of the Shakespeare canon, is a detailed, absorbing study of this fascinating figure, and a great leap forward for the Oxford movement.

Shakespeare's Plays Written by Committee? More than 300 years after the fact, questions are forever being raised as to the authorship of William Shakespeare's mind-blowing body of work. The latest theory says they were all written by a collection of other writers of the period.

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