Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes is pure poetry in this trad rather than rad staging
This touring production radiates old-school classiness, with Fiennes powerfully leading from the front
This touring production radiates old-school classiness, with Fiennes powerfully leading from the front
At 88, the great actress opens up about her favourite roles, and why Portia is 'an a---hole', in Shakespeare: The Man who Pays the Rent
Mirren transformed herself into Israel’s first female leader – who faced down an invasion which, as today, caught her country off-guard
The actress talks about the BBC spin-off of the Bafta-nominated film and why she’s finally happy to talk to The Telegraph – with one proviso
In discourse around the 1982 conflict, the lives of the islanders are often forgotten. Brad Birch's new play at the RSC changes all that
Within 10 years he had restored it to the commanding heights of British theatre, and (thanks to the smash hit Matilda musical) back in funds
Tanika Gupta’s tale of British-Indian relations during Empire is fascinating on paper but suffers from a broad-brushstroke approach
At an event to mark the First Folio’s anniversary, Charles III is said to annotate his copies of the Bard’s works, just like Charles I
Resonant of voice, authoritative of manner and with a sturdy physical presence, he was as useful in tragedy as in farce
There’s very little to make you laugh across the Bard’s canon – so what's wrong with the occasional bit of rewriting?
The RSC’s conceit takes time to beguile, but fresh humour and poignancy emerge in this commendable take on Shakespeare’s comedy
Artistic director urges the search for his successor – or successors – to be 'broad and inclusive'
She rose to prominence with the Royal Shakespeare Company and her ‘rich, mighty contralto’ was ‘one of the great voices of the theatre’
Playing Shakespeare's Rosalind aged 72 makes her the oldest actress to do so. Here, she talks about rejecting facelifts and the joy of work
Has the theatre company discovered the new Shakespeare? Here's an exclusive look at its playwriting competition's winners
For his 50th and final production at the RSC, the departing artistic director bows out with one of the Bard’s trickiest fables
From Hamlet to Twelfth Night, is it a coincidence the Bard's works teem with potential references to his life? The RSC’s Hamnet suggests not
Puzzling staging and unnecessary melodrama obscures the chemistry and clarity of the acting in Atri Banerjee’s wobbly new production
Geraldine James, 72, will play the heroine of Shakespeare’s comedy which is usually presented as a tale of young love
The former Doctor Who star serves up a fascinatingly maternal and down-to-earth Prospero in an often spellbindingly beautiful production
As the First Folio of his plays turns 400, might now be the perfect time for directors to get back to basics?
Thalissa Teixeira will be the first female Brutus ever cast by the theatre company in an upcoming gender-swapping production
He may no longer be a Young One, but the former Vyvyan's energy levels haven't dipped one bit – and the show is superb