This Complete Set of Shakespeare’s Four Folios Could Sell for $6 Million
In the 17th century, the Bard’s plays were preserved for posterity in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios. Now, all four volumes are being sold as a set
Eight Historic Moments That Took Place at the Waldorf Astoria New York
The famous hotel reopens this spring after an extensive renovation that began in 2017
Man Discovers Message in a Bottle Hidden Above a Historic Scottish Theater’s Stage, Untouched for Nearly 120 Years
A theater patron found the glass bottle behind a decorative crown positioned 40 feet above the stage. The note was dated 1906, the year the King’s Theater opened in Edinburgh
Why Oscar Wilde’s Play About a Biblical Temptress Was Banned From the British Stage for Decades
“Salome,” a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a teenage girl whose lust for a man quickly morphs into bloodlust
Eight Places to Experience a Movie Like It’s 1925
Theaters from Washington to Florida and Massachusetts to Arizona show silent films accompanied by live music played on elaborate theater organs
Orson Welles’ All-Black Version of ‘Macbeth’ Excited Theatergoers Nationwide
The bold staging of Shakespeare’s classic helped make Harlem a home for “serious” theater
Businesses Have a Lot to Learn From the Impromptu ‘Teaming’ That Happens in Theater
A Shakespeare scholar at Harvard University explains how the creative collaboration that happens in theater can be a model for companies developing innovative new products
Nearly 100 Washingtonians Died When a Theater Collapsed in One of the Largest Snowfalls Ever to Hit D.C.
The Knickerbocker Theater disaster, which took place on this day in 1922, killed 98 moviegoers and injured another 133
A 1903 Fire at a Chicago Theater Killed 602 People, Prompting Enduring Safety Reforms
Officials thought the brand-new Iroquois Theater was fireproof and designed for maximum safety. The scope of the tragedy and the ensuing panic quickly proved them wrong
See How Talking Portraits Bring the Greatest Living Shakespearean Actors to Life
A collection of ten digital portraits of famous thespians—including Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter—are on view at the Red Eight Gallery in London
A Woman Appeared on the English Stage for the First Time on This Day in 1660, Transforming the World of Theater Forever
Despite this historic first, the identity of the first professional English actress on stage remains a theatrical mystery
The Ten Best History Books of 2024
Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today
The Surprising Artwork That Inspired Netflix’s ‘The Piano Lesson,’ a New Movie Based on August Wilson’s Award-Winning Play
A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright’s 1987 drama, which follows a Black family’s struggle to decide the fate of an ancestral heirloom
When the Nazis Seized Power, This Jewish Actor Took on the Role of His Life
After he was forced off the German stage in 1934 by antisemitic hecklers, Leo Reuss found a daring way to hide in plain sight
Darth Vader Didn’t Come Alive Until James Earl Jones Gave Him a Voice
The prolific American actor, who died on September 9, recorded his dialogue for the first “Star Wars” film in less than three hours
Historic Theater Discovers 15th-Century Doorway That May Have Led to a Dressing Room
Some experts speculate that Shakespeare could have used the room to change costume during performances in the late 16th century
Aphra Behn, the First Englishwoman to Earn a Living With Her Writing, Is Finally Getting Her Due
A year-long event series aims to champion the pioneering 17th-century writer’s legacy
What the Broadway Musical ‘Suffs’ Gets Right (and Wrong) About the History of Women’s Suffrage
The new show serves as an entertaining history lesson, but even that has its creative limits
How the Soon-to-Reopen Folger Shakespeare Library Came to Be
A full 82 copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio will go on view as the renovated Washington, D.C. institution makes its debut
Moulin Rouge Windmill Blades Fall Off in the Middle of the Night
The iconic Paris landmark has never experienced such a mishap in its 135-year history
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