William Shakespeare

British playwright William Shakespeare's works have undergone countless adaptations, from silent performances to dance acts, for hundreds of years. In Istanbul, a local theater adapts Shakespeare's plays by "freely translating" and modernizing them in order to render the plays engaging and relatable to a larger audience. 

Actor Argyris Pantazaras received this year’s Dimitris Horn theater award in an event held on Monday at Dimitris Horn theater.

Pantazaras was awarded for his performance in “ΑΩ” monologue adapted and directed by him, William Shakespeare’s King Lear for playing the Fool, directed by Tomasz Pantour, and Euripides’ Rhesus, directed by Katerina Evangelatou.

Designers showcased their latest creations Feb 21 at the London Fashion Week, where Alexander McQueen made a return after 14 years London's fashion designers on Feb. 21 drew inspiration ranging from nature to William Shakespeare, presenting oversized coats and embellished dresses while reassessing how to sell clothes faster to a new generation of online consumers. 

The 27th Ankara International Film Festival will bring film versions of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy "Hamlet" to the big screen.

In a section titled "There is Something Rotten in the World," Hamlet adaptations shot over the years in five different countries - Yugoslavia, Germany, Finland, France and Britain - will be screened at the festival. 

William Shakespeare may have had an illegitimate son who featured in one of the his sonnets, according to a historical study.

Sonnet 126, which is addressed to ‘my lovely boy’, is believed to have been written for Sir William Davenant , who later became Poet Laureate and who some believe he was Shakespeare’s son.

This year's four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare is not just an opportunity to commemorate one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is a moment to celebrate the extraordinary ongoing influence of a man who - to borrow from his own description of Julius Caesar -"doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus."

The Megaron Mousikis (Athens Concert Hall, cnr of Vas Sofias and Kokkali sts, tel 210 728 2333) offers three classics for theater lovers this month:

COLE PORTER’S “KISS ME KATE”

The 13th International Bodrum Ballet Festival is continuing to mesmerize the audience, with masterpiece plays such as ?Carmen? and ?Hamlet? yet to come at the historical Bodrum Castle.

Launched in August 2012 and still going strong, the “Hysterical Literature Project” is a video art series by New York photographer/filmmaker Clayton Cubitt. It explores feminism, mind/body dualism and the contrast between culture and sexuality by asking women to read in a state of orgasm.

The 19th Yap? Kredi Afife Theater Awards were held on April 27 at the Haliç Congress Center. 

The award for the best actress and actor went to Asl? Y?lmaz and Tu?rul Tülek, respectively, at this year's ceremony.