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Jacinda Ardern's resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership

“Uneasy is the head that wears the crown”, wrote Shakespeare, way back in the 1500s. It’s not a new idea that top-level leadership jobs are intensely stressful and pose a heavy toll. Extended periods of stress are known to put people at risk of burnout.

The Conversation

Top 10 books about family secrets

Lies told and truths hidden give compelling life to fiction and memoir by authors from Maggie O’Farrell to Ocean Vuong and Claire Keegan

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s delayed Shakespeare book: To be or not to be?

His newly announced memoir threatens another delay

Evening Standard

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Fest offers puppet renditions of ‘Moby Dick,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Hamlet’ and more

At Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, fans of the art form have a rare chance to see visiting troupes from around the world.

Chicago Sun-Times

Anecdotes galore from Prince Harry’s Spare as global media blitz ends on late-night US talk show

Bombshell anecdotes and stories from Prince Harry in his memoir Spare, as media blitz ends in late-night US talk show

The New Daily

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh happy to be a 'gateway drug' for audiences

The actress plays fan favourite Lady Danbury in the hit Netflix series

Liverpool Echo

The best theatre to see in 2023, from A Little Life to The Pillowman

‘A Little Life’ comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is transported to 1930s Cable Street – we bring you our guide to 2023’s most exciting theatre

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How Shakespeare's works were used for medicine

Topics: Shakespeare used for medicine and A Midsummer Night's Dream in Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

Bruising truths for obsolete Liberals

A Liberal Party internal review of its devastation in May’s election has concluded it ‘no longer represents modern Australia’, and police plan to raid the homes of Saturday’s A-League pitch invaders after releasing photos of nine men.

Crikey

Rose Ayling-Ellis says play in which she makes West End debut ‘sets benchmark for inclusivity on stage’

Exclusive: The EastEnders star and Strictly champ makes her West End debut in director Josie Rourke’s retelling of Shakespeare’s As You Like It

Evening Standard

As You Like It review – Josie Rourke leads us into the liberating delight of Arden

Martha Plimpton and the whole ensemble shine in a production of Shakespeare’s nuanced romance interwoven with sign language and song

The Guardian - UK

'Empire of Light' review: Olivia Colman shines in this Sam Mendes drama

The Shakespeare quote "Find where light in darkness lies" is painted on the lobby wall at the Empire, a handsomely fading 1930s cineplex that faces the sea in a small British town. The setting is the heart of Sam Mendes' drama "Empire of Light," and the quote feels appropriate for…

Tribune News Service

Shakespeare’s woman, Harry’s disguise, and what on earth is ‘goblin mode’ – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

How Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo's Shakespearean love story became a bold new musical

LOS ANGELES — He calls her Patricia, she calls him Spyder. As husband and wife, they are known on marquees as Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, and their love story is as legendary as it is long.

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David Wenham stars in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol in Melbourne in first stage role in a decade

The star started his career in the theatre at 25 years old. Now, at 57, he returns to the stage for the first time in almost a decade.

The Guardian - UK

Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh to explore societal prejudices by playing Richard III

Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about ‘body pathologising’

The Guardian - UK

Fanny and Alexander review – Ingmar Bergman’s dark fusion of Shakespeare and Dickens

In a three-hour, 40th anniversary rerelease, this Swedish family saga unfolds with emotional power, wonder and brilliant acting

The Guardian - UK

Manuscript treasure trove may offer fresh understanding of Hegel

Discovery of undocumented transcripts of German philosopher’s lectures like ‘finding new Beethoven score’

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The Guardian - UK

Josie Rourke: ‘If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be under commission to Nica Burns’

As You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Candles take the brunt in gore-free production of Titus Andronicus

Shakespeare’s most violent play to be staged with actors’ candles being pummelled in scenes with bloodshed

The Guardian - UK

Angela Merkel says she lost influence over Putin as a lame duck leader

Germany’s former chancellor defends her actions amid barrage of accusations since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Katherine Duncan-Jones obituary

Eminent Shakespearean scholar who wrote a revisionist biography of the playwright highlighting his misogyny and snobbery

Salon

Thanksgiving, my father's last supper

Thanksgiving in my family, like many others, brings with it the shadow of death even as we celebrate our love

The Conversation

We've been editing Shakespeare's plays for 400 years – but does a new Australian production of The Tempest idealise the Bard?

Review: The Tempest, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Theatre Company.

The Guardian - AU

The Tempest review – Shakespeare gets a radical edit from Sydney Theatre Company

Richard Roxburgh as Prospero and Guy Simon as Caliban are outstanding in Kip Williams’ latest production, which takes a revolutionary approach to the script

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