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Topic: Shakespeare

Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in "Hamnet" (Focus Features)

"Hamnet" tests our will to weep

Coleman Spilde
Danai Gurira in "Great Performances: Richard III" (Courtesy of Joe Sinnott)

Danai Gurira talks embodying Richard III

Melanie McFarland
English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) ponders his next work (Stock Montage/Getty Images)

Debunking 5 myths about Shakespeare

Jonathan Culpeper, Mathew Gillings - The Conversation
Brad Raffensperger, Donald Trump and Bill Barr (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump, Macbeth and the ruins of the GOP

Peter C. Herman
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Denzel Washington in "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (Apple)

Denzel commands in Coen's bold "Macbeth"

Gary M. Kramer
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii Prospero, Miranda and Iris - "The Tempest," Act IV, Scene I, Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British (Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"The Tempest," colonialism & resistance

Paul Yachnin, Hannah Korell - The Conversation
Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

"Game of Thrones": Tyrion & Richard III

Matthew Rozsa
"X Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation" (T Charles Erickson Photography)

Malcolm X: On stage and human at last

Rachel Leah
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Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" (Getty/Johannes Simon)

Shakespeare banned, "Mein Kampf" not

Rachel Leah
Orson Welles in "Othello" (United Artists)

Inventing Iago for the modern age

Colin Fleming
(AP/John Minchillo)

It is time to decide

Chauncey DeVega
Laurie Davidson as William Shakespeare in "Will" (TNT/Aidan Monaghan)

TNT's "Will": Fact or Fiction?

Melanie McFarland
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Laurie Davidson as William Shakespeare in "Will" (TNT/Aidan Monaghan)

The Bard turns rock star on TV

Melanie McFarland

Caesar today

Jyotsna G. Singh - The Conversation
Tina Benko as Melania Trump/Calpurnia; Gregg Henry as President Donald Trump/Julius Caesar; Teagle F. Bougere as Casca; Elizabeth Marvel as Marc Anthony in The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar (AP/Joan Marcus)

"Caesar" haters miss target

Charlie May
William Shakespeare; Donald Trump (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis/Getty/Sean Gallup)

The Bard always baited rulers

Cameron Hunt McNabb
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Tina Benko as Melania Trump/Calpurnia; Gregg Henry as President Donald Trump/Julius Caesar; Teagle F. Bougere as Casca; Elizabeth Marvel as Marc Anthony in The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar (AP/Joan Marcus)

Trump "Caesar" director speaks

Katie Serena
Steve Bannon (Getty/Mike Theiler)

Matthew Rozsa
Dick Cheney, Kenneth Branagh in "Henry V" (AP/Susan Walsh/MGM/Photo montage by Salon)

The Bard wasn’t a conservative

Colin S. Macdonald
(AP/Elaine Thompson/Salon)

Inside "The Year of Lear"

Scott Timberg
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Ethan Hawke in "Cymbeline" (Lionsgate)

Shakespeare's lost biker saga

Andrew O'Hehir
William Shakespeare (Wikimedia)

The creation of Shakespeare

Cameron Hunt McNabb

Prachi Gupta
Ira Glass, William Shakespeare (AP/Evan Agostini/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-82420p1.html'>Georgios Kollidas</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Redeem yourself, Ira Glass!

Colin McEnroe
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