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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...

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    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...

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    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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