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Photo Credits: Olivia DeJonge and Laurie Davidson on TNT’s Will | The New Yorker illustration by Greg Clarke | Claudius (Rod Gilfry) and Gertrude (Sarah Connolly) in Hamlet. Photo by Richard Hubert Smith. | Oscar Isaac photo by Bryan Derballa for The New York Times
New TNT Shakespeare TV Show, Will
Recreating The Globe Using… Shipping Containers?
The Container Globe has been proposed as a recreation of the original theatre, using shipping containers rather than wood.
Remains of Early Shakespeare Theatre Site Granted Heritage Status
The remains of the theatre where Shakespeare’s Hamlet may have been first performed has been granted legal protection by the government.
William Shakespeare’s Handwritten Plea for Refugees to Go Online
The last surviving play script handwritten by William Shakespeare is to be made available online by the British Library.