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  1. Restored scribble may be Shakespeare's signature

    Researchers using high-tech photography have reconstructed a signature that may belong to William Shakespeare — or perhaps a clever forger.It's not yet known who scr...

  2. Did Shakespeare Smoke Weed? Let's Dig Him Up and Find Out

    To dig, or not to dig? That's the latest question.Paleontologists are looking to examine the remains of William Shakespeare , hoping to unlock the mysteries of the l...

  3. REVIEW: 'Anonymous' Contains the Elements of a Great Shakespeare Play

    Let's play who does not belong: Shakespeare , Queen Elizabeth, Roland Emmerich. Likely when one thinks of Emmerich, the director of some outrageous Hollywood spectac...

  4. Chinese Premier to Visit Shakespeare's Birthplace

    Chinese premier Wen Jiabao , reportedly a big Shakespeare fan, made a pilgrimage to the Bard's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon on Sunday.Wen is in Britain as part ...

  5. The Works of Shakespeare , Produced by Millions of 'Amazonian Monkeys'

    This weekend, a million monkeys will recreate a work of Shakespeare , claims programmer and technology enthusiast Jesse Anderson .Virtual monkeys, that is.Anderson, ...

  6. Global Shakespeare festival, featuring plays in 37 languages, kicks off on Bard's birthday

    A performance of "Troilus and Cressida" in Maori has kicked off an international festival featuring William Shakespeare's plays in 37 different languages.The Globe T...

  7. Lost Shakespeare found? Scholar sees Bard's "DNA" in 18th Century play of love and intrigue

    LONDON (AP) — Is this love's labor no longer lost? A scholar says a play written in the 18th-century is very likely based on a missing work by William Shakespeare .A...

  8. Gender-flipped fantasy stars Helen Mirren as Prospera in take on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'

    VENICE, Italy (AP) — Julie Taymor's interpretation of "The Tempest" is a gender-flipped fantasy film, with Helen Mirren playing the lead in the take on the William S...

  9. Globe theater to show Shakespeare in 38 languages

    Shakespeare said all the world's a stage. Next spring, all the world will be on stage at Shakespeare's Globe theater.The theater is planning a six-week run of the ba...

  10. Would-be playboy gets 8 years in jail for handling stolen Shakespeare tome

    LONDON (AP) — An unemployed book dealer who paraded as a wealthy playboy was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for possessing a stolen first edition of Shake...

  11. Shakespeare's 'Winter's Tale' engulfed by African fire as part of language-spanning festival

    The deep, croaking-frog rhythm of the talking drums sound out across the stage as canoeists in animal hide row a condemned servant and royal infant into the unknown....

  12. British book dealer cleared of theft of Shakespeare plays, but guilty of handling stolen goods

    LONDON (AP) — A book dealer has been cleared of stealing a rare first edition of Shakespeare's plays, but was found guilty of handling stolen goods and removing stol...

  1. Exit Becks: David Beckham retiring at season's end

    End it like Beckham.David Beckham, whose curling free kicks, rugged good looks and celebrity marriage made him one of the most famous athletes in the world, is retir...

  2. Did DiCaprio and Luhrmann pull off 'The Great Gatsby'?

    Ashley Dvorkin and Justin Craig break down Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby.'

  3. Shakespeare's Globe building new indoor theater

    Shakespeare's Globe, the open-air London playhouse that helped win modern audiences over to all-weather outdoor theatergoing, is embracing the great indoors.The Glob...

  4. After the Show Show: ‘The Iceman’

    Actor Robert Davi on his new movie

  5. 'Avengers' boss Whedon makes 'Much Ado' about Shakespeare with Toronto film fest premiere

    Joss Whedon figures if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing superhero stories. Only better ones than Whedon and his colleagues are doing.Whedon, the wri...

  6. Archaeologists in London uncover remains of Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre

    Archaeologists in London have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed — a venue immortalized ...

  7. Remains of Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre found

    Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed.Experts from the Museum ...

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