Read more William Shakespeare stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15693/william-shakespeare.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73047/spice-girls-will-help-kick-off-2012-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the eyes of the world turn to London for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics, the land of Shakespeare and the Beatles will present ... the Spice Girls. "They stand for so much in British music history and I can’t think of a better time for them to get...http://www.newser.com/story/73047/spice-girls-will-help-kick-off-2012-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 15:22:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71474/shakespeare-didnt-work-alone-says-computer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe computer program is called “Pl@giarism,” but no one is suggesting the Bard cribbed from others—not yet, at least. Researchers used the software, developed to spot cheating scholars, to take a look at The Reign of King Edward III , an unattributed 1596 play that has recently been added to...http://www.newser.com/story/71474/shakespeare-didnt-work-alone-says-computer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 11:28:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66459/tomb-may-hold-key-to-shakespeare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 17th-century tomb might hold the key to the enduring mystery of William Shakespeare's identity, the Daily Telegraph reports, and researchers are hoping to take a peek inside. A scan found that the ornate sarcophagus, built at an English church by Shakespeare contemporary and fellow scribe Fulke Greville, contains three...http://www.newser.com/story/66459/tomb-may-hold-key-to-shakespeare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 13:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63214/laws-hamlet-to-go-from-london-to-broadway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJude Law is Broadway-bound as the prince of Denmark in a production of Hamlet exported from London, the New York Times reports. The show is set for a 12-week run on the Great White Way, with previews starting Sept. 12 and the official opening Oct. 6. Before it arrives Stateside,...http://www.newser.com/story/63214/laws-hamlet-to-go-from-london-to-broadway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62894/hathaway-stuns-in-twelfth-night-under-the-stars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York theater critics are giving raves to this summer's free outdoor production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night , starring Anne Hathaway. For Charles Isherwood of the New York Times , Hathaway has "the unmistakable glow of a natural star" and invests the shipwrecked Viola with "a bright humor that feel spontaneous and...http://www.newser.com/story/62894/hathaway-stuns-in-twelfth-night-under-the-stars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 8:08:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60972/jude-laws-hamlet-slays-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJude Law took to the stage last night for the opening performance of Hamlet in London, and newspapers were largely impressed by the actor's take on the melancholy Dane. In the Telegraph , Charles Spencer writes that Law showed "rare vulnerability and emotional openness" in Shakespeare's toughest role. Dressed in black...http://www.newser.com/story/60972/jude-laws-hamlet-slays-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 11:03:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58859/white-house-jams-to-spoken-word.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpoken word, jazz, and theater took the White House by storm last night in what has been called the first presidential poetry jam, the Washington Post reports. “We're here to celebrate the power of words,” President Obama said, adding that his wife is his poet. The jam, Michelle Obama said,...http://www.newser.com/story/58859/white-house-jams-to-spoken-word.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 9:33:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56703/chicago-plans-day-to-talk-like-shakespeare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow"—exactly 3 days from now—Chicago will celebrate the Bard's 445th birthday with "Talk Like Shakespeare Day," the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Mayor Richard Daley unveiled the plan, saying Chicagoans can "bring the spoken words of Shakespeare into their daily lives." For help translating lines into...http://www.newser.com/story/56703/chicago-plans-day-to-talk-like-shakespeare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 19:59:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56537/shakespeare-debate-splits-supreme-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia don’t agree often, but the justices are united on one case: Neither believes Shakespeare’s plays could possibly have been written by a hick like William Shakespeare. Stevens has even written papers on the topic, and searched the Bard’s home for clues. “The evidence…is beyond...http://www.newser.com/story/56537/shakespeare-debate-splits-supreme-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Apr 2009 8:08:30 CDT