These works compose the lineup typically billed as Shakespeare’s race plays. A limitation of that understanding, however, is that it assumes that race applies only when people of color are present.

The role of Desdemona, the devoted, loving wife murdered by her husband in “Othello,” wasn’t performed by a woman until 1660 – about six decades after Shakespeare wrote the play. This is ...

It is known William Shakespeare was baptised on April 26, 1564 and that he died on his birthday 52 years later. The poet and writer was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, the third child of eight to his ...

The role of Desdemona, the devoted, loving wife murdered by her husband in Othello, was not performed by a woman until 1660 – about six decades after Shakespeare wrote the play.This is because ...

After Shakespeare’s death, actors John Heminge and Henry Condell compiled 36 of his plays into a 1623 volume today called the First Folio. The first run printed 750 copies, of which 233 survive ...

Thus, in that play, Hero momentarily represents an “inked” white woman – or a symbolic reflection of the stereotyped, hypersexual Black woman. 4. The future of scholarship on Shakespeare and ...

This week's series of The Essay look at the ways love features in the works of Shakespeare. On Monday, the author and critic Margaret Drabble explores how our concepts of love and humanity have ...

William Shakespeare: Globe Theatre artistic director vows to 'reclaim' Bard's plays for women. Emma Rice's inaugural season features new version of Cymbeline 'renamed and reclaimed' to focus on ...

The role of Desdemona, the devoted, loving wife murdered by her husband in “Othello,” wasn’t performed by a woman until 1660 – about six decades after Shakespeare wrote the play.This is ...

Although women weren’t on stage during Shakespeare’s lifetime, they were involved with theatrical productions in other ways. For example, ... Now women can play men.