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Sunday Miscellany: Cycles, by John MacKenna

A take on Shakespeare's seven ages, as applied to one man's life...

Conleth Hill stars as King Lear at The Gate Theatre (Pic: Ros Kavanagh)

The promised land? King Lear and the shape of tragedy

Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas explores the history behind William Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear, currently playing at Dublin's Gate Theatre.

Theatre • 31 Mar

Who's your daddy? King Lear comes to The Gate

What happens when a leader wants all the power and none of the responsibility? Or when a patriarch succumbs to flattery over a more difficult truth?

Theatre • 16 Feb

Bard to the bone: Brian McCarthy is Hamletm in PLAY

Deconstructing Shakespeare in Moat

Theatremaker Lianne O'Shea introduces PLAY, a site-responsive, promenade theatre experience using selected text from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, coming to the Moat Theatre in Naas this August.

Theatre • 06 Aug 24

Judi Dench as Titania in a filmed version of Midsummer Night's Dream in 1967 (Pic: Larry Ellis/Staff/Daily Express/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Book Of The Week: Judi Dench on brushing up your Shakespeare

"This was never meant to be a book", writes actor and director Brendan O'Hea in the introduction to Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent.

Books • 27 Jan 24

Actor Patrick McBrearty features in DramaCast

DramaCast - the new theatrical resource for secondary students

Theatre • 11 May 22

Breaking Bard: Ronan Leahy on Shakespeare at Solstice

Theatre • 14 Feb 22

Macbeth: RTÉ Arena on the enduring appeal of Shakespeare's play

RTÉ Arena • 14 Oct 21

Sunday Miscellany: The Shakespeare Feasts by Margaret Hickey

Margaret Hickey serves dinner consisting entirely of dishes mentioned in Shakespeare's plays

Sunday Miscellany • 28 Apr 21

Lear in Lockdown - Drama On One's ultimate Shakespearan cog-sheet

Drama On One producer Kevin Reynolds introduces Lear in Lockdown, an epic new series of RTÉ podcasts to help students study Shakespeare's King Lear...

Learn • 11 Mar 21

Maxine Peake stars in A Midsumme Night's Dream

Shakespeare & more: TV & radio for Junior & Leaving Cert students

From Shakespeare to StaidAir, we've made a list of what's on television and radio that might help your studies.

Learn • 01 Feb 21

Wexford Festival Opera: What Happened To Lucrece, Episode 2

Andrew Synnott's new opera commissioned by Wexford Festival Opera is based on the Shakespeare narrative poem, The Rape of Lucrece, about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia...

Wexford Festival Opera • 15 Oct 20

Shakespeare goes East: Conor Hanratty on a theatrical legend

Theatremaker Conor Hanratty writes for Culture about his new book on Japanese theatrical legend Yukio Ninagawa, which has just been published by Bloomsbury for their Shakespeare in Theatre series.

Books • 08 Jul 20

Shakespeare On The Radio - listen to RTÉ's study guides

In a series of masterclasses by actor and director Alan Stanford, Shakespeare's classic plays are explored for students...

Theatre • 03 Apr 20

RTÉ to screen Shakespeare classics for students

Over the coming weeks, RTÉ will screen a series of classic BBC productions of plays by William Shakespeare, aimed at students - the productions will be available post-broadcast on RTÉ Player.

RTÉ 2 • 07 Apr 20

Clare Barrett stars in Rough Magic's new production of Much Ado About Nothing (Pics: Ste Murray)

Rough Magic's Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare goes country

Director Ronan Phelan tells Culture why Rough Magic's new production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, is set in a deluxe mobile home on the Irish coast and how women hold the power in this production, which premieres in Kilkenny this August.

Theatre • 05 Nov 19

Aran Murphy stars in the Dead Centre production of Hamnet

Hamnet - Shakespeare's son in the spotlight

Theatremaker Bush Moukarzel writes for Culture about his acclaimed play Hamnet, a solo work for an 11-year old boy, inspired by the story of William Shakespeare's forgotten son - the production returns to Dublin's Project Arts Centre later this month.

Theatre • 20 Feb 19

Richard III - DruidShakespeare's winter of discontent

Eleanor White, Assistant Dramaturg at Druid Theatre, writes for Culture about Druid's production of Shakespeare's Richard III, which plays at this year's Dublin Theatre Festival.

Theatre • 30 Sep 18

Rough Magic's Lynne Parker on A Midsummer Night's Dream

Rough Magic's Lynne Parker talks about the seduction of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the company's new ensemble cast who will perform this ageless comedy at the magical Castle Yard, Kilkenny as part of Kilkenny Arts Festival 2018:

Theatre • 19 Jul 18

Puppet Shakespeare: The RSC's Gregory Doran on Venus and Adonis

Dublin Theatre Festival preview: Michael Barker-Caven interviews Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Gregory Doran about the Company's forthcoming production of Venus and Adonis, performed with marionettes.

Theatre • 29 Sep 17

Shaking up Shakespeare's The Tempest - Dublin Fringe Preview

Dublin Fringe 2017 Preview: For this year's Fringe, Maeve Stone directs The Shitstorm, a 'hallucinogenic west-Kerry riff' on Shakespeare's The Tempest, in the first ever Dublin Fringe and Abbey Theatre co-production.

Theatre • 06 Sep 17

Jonathan Broadbent playing Oberon in A Nidsummer Night's Dream

Competition: Win Dreamy tickets to the Dublin Theatre Festival

Culture • 19 Sep 16

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