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Heavy lies the head: Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles in The Crown Credit: Des Willie / Netflix In season three of The Crown, a student Prince Charles (played by Josh O’Connor), voices one of the most melancholy speeches in Richard II: “Within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king/ keeps Death his court...” He invests Richard’s words, which reflect on the human vulnerability of every monarch, with a poignant sense of premature personal understanding.   We know that the heir apparent is still keen on Shakespeare, not least because he’s president of the RSC, in w...

This Tuesday, April 27, is National Tell a Story Day, and do we have a range of stories to recommend in this list of best virtual (and socially distanced) bets. Some stories are brand new, like those featured in the Landing Theatre Company’s New American Voices Playwriting Festival, and some are centuries old. Yes, we’re looking at you, William Shakespeare. And some stories, the storytellers themselves won’t even know what they are as they tell them. Keep reading to see the best stories you can find in Houston this week. White Rabbit Red Rabbit in 2010, a play that went viral for its u...

The First Folio, the first book to collect the Bard’s works in one place, was originally published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. The edition, put together by Shakespeare’s friends and fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, included 36 plays, 18 of which had never been published before. It was an instant hit, and nine years later, the Second Folio was created, as publishers looked to capitalize on the popularity of the first edition. “The Second Folio is the most important work in Rienzi’s book collection,” says Hernandez. There are on...