Just because Shakespeare’s genius shined so brightly doesn’t mean he should eclipse other playwrights of the period. John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi,” published in the early 1600s, is far from a ...

When this unusual film, made in 1976 by the French director Jacques Rivette, opens in New York this week, it will be making its official debut here. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...

If and when you grow tired of the happy holiday shows and syrupy sentimental Christmas pageants that overwhelm local stages this time of year, you should know that Portland does offer some striking ...

A Jacobean tragedy with a new perspective will be the next theatrical offering at Yale School of Drama. “Women Beware Women” is Howard Barker’s radical re-envisioning of Thomas Middleton’s Jacobean ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 (SEL) focuses on four fields of British Literature which rotate quarterly as follows: ...

As a stripped-to-essentials "canned theater" version of a classic Jacobean drama, "The Changeling" likely will prove most useful as a teaching tool in college-level drama courses. First-time feature ...

Julianne Moore will play Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham, who in 17th century England molded her beautiful son, George, to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover. Through ...

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Julianne Moore is set to lead Sky and AMC period drama series Mary & George, about powerful royal family favorites Mary Villiers and her son George. Based on a true story, the ...