Shakespeare

British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents

Munro’s find is historically significant, painting a very different picture of where Shakespeare may have spent time in his later years then what was originally thought. 

File Photo: A Sothebys employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare, The First Folio 1623  in London, England, July 7, 2006.
Israeli embassy in London.

Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last

TOURISTS ACCESS the viewing area of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, after the city introduces a two-euro paid entry at several monuments and museums previously free, in Rome, Italy, February 2, 2026.

Rome to charge tourists to get close to Trevi Fountain in move aimed at reducing chaos

BRITAIN'S QUEEN Camilla (R) attends a special screening of 'Hamnet', the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel, in central London on January 27, 2026.

‘Hamnet’ is Oscar-bait about Shakespeare's free-spirited wife - review


'The Shakespeare Haggadah': Merging the Bard with Passover - review

The ‘Shakespeare Haggadah’ is a clever attempt to merge famous playwright, Jewish tradition

 A BUST of the Bard peeks out of a Stratford-upon-Avon hotel, Britain. Will this new Haggadah raise questions about antisemitism in Shakespearean England?

Grapevine May 17, 2023: True friendship

“I’m here two months after I assumed my duties, and I’m here despite the terrorist attacks that we fully condemn, because I want to send a strong and clear message” Christodoulides said to Netanyahu

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides

'Midsummer Night’s Dream': A surreal and erotic extravaganza - review

Dortmund Ballet returns to Israel with Alexander Ekman’s monumental ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’

 THE DORTMUND BALLET performs Alexander Ekman’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’

'POV': A meaningful Arabic version of Shakespeare's Macbeth - review

The role of theater is also to offer people basic familiarity with high culture. In that context, Shakespeare had been performed in Arabic since the beginning of the 20th century.

 MACBETH REIMAGINED in ‘POV’ at Haifa University.

Jerusalem highlights March 3–9

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 DMITRY YABLONSKY.

Boston-based Shakespeare troupe to perform in Eilat

Shakespeare & Company will perform Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar at the Port of Eilat.

 SHAKESPEARE & Company.

Beit Lessin’s Hamlet: Witness the true power of theater - review

For our own confused age of fake news and reduced attention spans, Beit Lessin’s Hamlet offers a breathtaking voyage into the true power of theater.

 ELI GORENSTEIN as the ghost of Hamlet’s father.

Shakespeare’s lost manuscript

David Herman packs a great deal into the small book, and The Lost Manuscript will certainly be enjoyed by an adolescent readership – and by many adults as well.

 GET INSIDE the Bard’s story of Jewish character Shylock (Pictured: Portrait from ‘Hombres y Mujeres Celebres,’ Barcelona, 1877).

Nazi and Jewish version of Romeo & Juliet being produced by UK theatre

Set in 1930s Germany, the Icarus version of Romeo & Juliet will reimagine Romeo as a Hitler Youth member and Juliet as a Jewish girl.

 Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Are there Jewish roots to Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?

There is no suggestion in the play that antisemitism played any part in the antagonism between the Capulets and the Montagues. But it is well known that there were many Jews in Verona.

 Samuel Pepys (portrait by John Hayls, 1666)