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William Shakespeare

Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pictured at Windsor Castle last year (Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/WPA pool/Getty Images)

William Shakespeare would love the Windsor family's dramas – Susan Morrison

Bathgate actor David Tennant will play the role of Macbeth in a new broadcast of the tragedy for BBC Radio 4.

David Tennant to take on the role of Macbeth

Divine Tasinda, Rhys Hollis, Andrea Baker and Kheanna Walker have collaborated on the new touring film exhibition OMOS. Picture: Washington Gwande

Celebration of black performance in Scotland filmed at Stirling Castle

Former US president Barack Obama gives a speech during the Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow. Picture date: Monday November 8, 2021.

Barack Obama in Emerald Isle gaffe during COP26 speech

Hotel Indigo in Stratford

Explore Stratford-upon-Avon and follow in the footsteps of Shakespeare

A bronze statue of emperor Julius Caesar in Rome (Photo: Shutterstock)

'Beware the Ides of March' - why 15 March is synonymous with bad omens

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Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet has been named Waterstones Book of the Year months after it took the Women's Prize For Fiction award. Picture: Murdo Macleod

Edinburgh author Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet named Waterstones Book of the Year

Maggie O'Farrell wins Women's Prize for Fiction with Hamnet

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#ShareyourShakespeare with the RSC and help celebrate creativity

Five of the best plays to stream free of charge in the next seven days

Certain key details about the bard’s life still remain unknown, such as the exact date of his birth (Credit: Shutterstock)

William Shakespeare facts: the bard's most famous plays, when he was born and ev...

Lunatics, Lovers And Poets: Twelve Stories After Cervantes And Shakespeare, edited by Daniel Hahn and Margarita Valencia. Photo: PA Photo/and Other Stories.

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