John, the illegitimate King of England, goes to war with France, who backs the rightful heir to England's throne, Arthur. The two armies meet outside the town of Angiers, and both campaign ...

Royal & Derngate partnered with Shakespeare’s Globe to mark the Magna Carta's 800th anniversary with a production of King John that played at Temple Church in London, Salisbury Cathedral - where ...

The King’s Men were headed by William Shakespeare ... who died in 1601. While John Shakespeare was alive at the birth of his grandson Hamnet, William’s child, he was also alive to witness ...

Shakespeare’s culture and society made much more space for the articulation of same-sex desire than we might expect.

The Lion King has one of the more popular soundtracks of any Disney film, and "Hakuna Matata" is one song that ha ...

Theatrikos' production of "The Book of Will" tells the story of preserving Shakespeare's works. Join the journey through ...

In a comprehensive biography, the historian Dan Jones tries to reconcile the hero of legend with the complicated young ...

Cases of loose inspiration or coincidental convergences in art can be fascinating, because they force us to rethink what ...

Disney's stage version of their hit film is an unmatched global phenomenon. Twenty-seven years on from its premiere, its ...

Around 16 years ago, John Douglas Thompson took to an Off-Broadway stage and delivered his first performance as Othello. It ...

While John's career as a musical theatre composer is slightly less famous than being, oh you know, one of the biggest rock ...

Writers like Charles Stevenson Wright, William Melvin Kelley and John A. Williams should be brought back into the light.