Editor's note: This article was updated on Aug. 18, 2026, to reflect that Kate Koehler Amory directed "Twelfth Night." LENOX — Roughly halfway through its first act, David Gow, who plays the title ...

I’ve had the pleasure of covering Oak Park Festival Theatre’s outdoor Shakespeare productions each summer since 2023, which happens to be the same year that Peter G. Andersen took over as artistic ...

Filmmakers have been adapting the plays of William Shakespeare since the advent of cinema. The tale widely considered the Bard’s greatest work – The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – was first ...

Hamlet is in theaters on April 10. From Laurence Olivier to The Lion King; from Branagh to Bollywood and The Bad Sleep Well; few stones have been left un-turned when adapting Hamlet for the big screen ...

Riz Ahmed in "Hamlet," directed by Aneil Karia. (Courtesy Vertical) Writing the line “brevity is the soul of wit” in a four-hour play is an irony that undoubtedly did not escape its author, who put it ...

The latest cinematic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has garnered mostly positive reviews from critics, leading to an amazing score on the review-aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes. Riz Ahmed ...

With the inspiration behind Hamlet making its way to the 2026 Oscars in Best Picture nom Hamnet, a contemporary take on the William Shakespeare play is headed to the big screen next. In Vertical‘s ...

‘Hamet’ is competing in eight Oscar categories this year, seven decades after ‘Hamlet’ scored four wins (including best picture). By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter More than seven decades ...

Timothy Spall and Art Malik co-star in Aneil Karia’s intelligent and stark retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy, set in the world of shady family business Screenwriter Michael Lesslie and director Aneil ...

"He's powerless, he's being gaslit… a lot of people feel that way" - Riz Ahmed on why his "fresh" adaptation of Hamlet speaks to our "unfair" times. For Ahmed, "a musical chairs of... studio execs ...