Shakespeare & Company News

Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay posts on Twitter. This time he is reading Sonnet 23.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) today (Thursday 9 April 2020) announced that all performances, events and activities will be cancelled up to and including Tuesday 30 June 2020.

 In support of efforts to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Gamut Theatre, a professional regional theatre located in downtown Harrisburg, PA announced today that it is canceling all public programming through at least September 1, 2020. 

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Arthur Miller. Today's play, Death of a Salesman!

The Show Must Go Online today announced the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed reading of William Shakespeare's Henry VI Part II. Rob Myles directs Jack Baldwin (Duke of Suffolk), Lynsey Beauchamp (Duke of Gloucester), Will Block (King Henry VI), Alix Dunmore (Earl of Warwick) and more.

Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay posts on Twitter. This time he is reading Sonnet 16.

Kiln Theatre has cancelled A Museum in Baghdad.

Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay posts on Twitter, with Sonnet 8.

Veteran and award-winning Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson (The Founder of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The ESC Los Angeles Archival Project ) presents a 'Street Theatre' rendition of 'The Seven Ages of Man' Speech as the character of Lord Jaques from William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' in the historic Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. 

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler, announced today the principal cast members for its 25th Anniversary production of Free Shakespeare on the Common: William Shakespeare's beloved play The Tempest.

To mark World Theatre Day (Friday 27 March), the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is inviting people to join a live 'watch along' from their living rooms on Saturday 11 April of a recording of their 2017 production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night.

Patrick Stewart returned today with another of Shakespeare's sonnets to lift the spirits of his social media followers.

To mark World Theatre Day (Friday 27 March), the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is inviting people to join a live 'watch along' from their living rooms on Saturday 11 April of a recording of their 2017 production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, featuring Adrian Edmondson as Malvolio and Kara Tointon as Olivia.

Sir Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay series on Twitter with Sonnet 3.

Sir Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay series on Twitter with Sonnet 2. Sebastian Arcelus has also taken up reading Shakespeare on Twitter. Watch his rendition of Sonnet 105!

Phoenix area artists, driven by an innate determination to withstand all forms of trial and tribulation, are taking to the cyberwaves to create a virtual extension of theater life.

Tom Hanks took to social media on Sunday night to share an update on his condition after he and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive for coronavirus.

At a time when social distancing is keeping us from live theatre, Patrick Stewart is doing his part by reading Shakespeare on Twitter!

Tennessee Shakespeare Company has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances and their fundraising benefit: