Shakespeare

The uniqueness of hatred toward the Jews: From expulsion from England to today - opinion

Thus England became the first state in recorded history to completely expel its entire Jewish population, opening a historical floodgate of expulsions across the continent.

|BySHIMON REFAELI
Expulsion of Jews.
Orange cat. (Illustrative)

Exit, pursued by a… cat? Feline friend steals show at production of Romeo and Juliet in Turkey

To his credit, Romeo, played by Brazilian dancer Pedro Seara, managed to lie nearly perfectly still, only cracking a small smile as the cat affectionately named ‘Romeow’ by netizens, rolled by him.

|BySHIR PERETS
File Photo: A Sothebys employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare, The First Folio 1623 in London, England, July 7, 2006.

British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents

Munro’s find is historically significant, painting a very different picture of where Shakespeare may have spent time in his later years then what was originally thought. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Israeli embassy in London.

Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last

The precise location of William Shakespeare’s only London home was identified in Blackfriars after researchers uncovered a previously unknown floorplan.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shakespeare for all at the Haifa International Children’s Theater Festival

William Shakespeare has been called the common man’s playwright, and with good reason.

APRIL 18, 2019ByBARRY DAVIS
A SCENE FROM ‘Twelfth Night.’

Shakespeare for all

The Haifa International Children’s Theater Festival goes highbrow

APRIL 16, 2019ByBARRY DAVIS
A SCENE FROM ‘Twelfth Night.’

58th Israel Festival continues to grow more Israeli

Lineup includes Itim, Clipa and Zik Theaters, Gilad Kahana’s ‘Beats Per Second’

APRIL 4, 2019ByHELEN KAYE, BARRY DAVIS
Sweden’s Cullberg Dance Company performing 'Figure a Sea'

Shut up, Shakespeare, Part 2

It’s not looking great for Shakespeare. Should he ripped out of textbooks in the Holy Land? Depends on whom you ask.

JANUARY 24, 2019ByPAMELA PELED
William Shakespeare

Hamlet in Jerusalem's own 'Shakespeare in the Park'

“'Hamlet' is sort of a cliche in a good sense in that you studied it in high school or met in somewhere, and now you can experience it in this setting,” said Natan Skop, who is playing Hamlet.

AUGUST 2, 2018ByDAVID DRUCKER
Cast of Shakespeare in the Park

Theater Review: OTHELLO

By William Shakespeare, Translated by Eli Bijaoui, Directed by Irad Rubinstein, Cameri, June 28

JULY 1, 2018ByHELEN KAYE
Othello

Theater Review: Romeo and Mum

The world of reality TV that Romeo mocks is kitschy, lowbrow and makes instant somebodies out of nobodies.

JUNE 25, 2018ByHELEN KAYE
A scene from 'Romeo and Mum' at the Cameri theater

Shakespeare comes to life in Jerusalem Public Theater’s ‘As You Like It’

There is a new English-speaking theater group in town, and for its first act it is proving that Shakespeare is fun.

JUNE 18, 2018ByYAKIR FELDMAN
'As You Like It' at the Jerusalem Public Theater

THEATER REVIEW: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

A rip-roaring French farce set in Tex-Mex carnival-land, complete with saguaro cacti, the requisite number of doors, a sombrero- and a serape-clad serenading guitarist.

APRIL 3, 2018ByHELEN KAYE
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Cameri Theater

Concert review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Director Ido Ricklin and set designer Alexander Lisianski’s video screenings on the back of the stage represented old-fashioned modernism.

JANUARY 9, 2018ByURY EPPSTEIN
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Israeli Opera