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Speranza Scappucci on her approach to the podium, and what ensembles can do to better support the next generation of female conductors

Kunal Kapoor recalls his trysts with Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice  on the occasion of William Shakespeare’s death anniversary

In India, Shakespeare's work was first introduced in schools by the British in early 1700. Interestingly, each language in India absorbed Shakespeare’s fascinating work and transformed it into India’s popular culture.

William Shakespeare's Birth and Death Anniversary: English playwright William Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 died a few days ahead of his 52nd birthday on April 23, 1616. This year will mark his 458th birth anniversary and 406th death anniversary. Shakespeare is widely renowned for the collection of plays. His plays are timeless and still continue to be adapted for screen and theatre performances. Some of the famous plays written by Shakespeare are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth ...

Bruce Jakacki and Nancy Mellow are COC supernumeraries, amateur actors who appear as extras to fill out crowded scenes.

William Shakespeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, died at the age of 52 on April 23, 1616....

The 400-year-old text presented the Bard's plays as serious literature, muddling the boundaries between popular culture and high art

Worrying environmental issues dominated the time of William Shakespeare as they do now, from depleted fish stocks and food shortages, to overpopulation and animal exploitation.

Sleep No More and The Innocent Sleep will both be released this fall; see the covers and check out an excerpt from Sleep No More's first chapter.

A complex and thrilling fight scene with broad swords in a spring Broadway revival of...