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Though Jane Austen originally wrote Emma as a novel, the story feels like it was made for the stage. This famously...

ARTS Pick: Taming of the Shrew

Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is a play within a play that centers on a dysfunctional courtship (defined as...

ARTS Pick: A Christmas Carol

The publication of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in 1853 served to revive interest in some long-expired holiday...

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Everyone loves the classic holiday stories, but, let’s be honest, we’ve seen it all—Christmas past, present and...

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The King of Navarre and his three friends have signed an oath to avoid the company of women for three years in Love’s...

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Finding true love is never easy, but in Shakespeare’s world, it can be downright treacherous. Join young lovers...

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In Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), literature scholar and self-described old maid Constance Ledbelly has...

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Judith Shakespeare wants to be a playwright. So when her debt-ridden father tries to marry her off, Shakespeare’s...

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Backstage at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, actor Chris Johnston pulls on a red...