In 1974 I was in fifth year at school. We were studying Macbeth, and by studying, I mean our English teacher, Miss McNeill, handing out battered copies of Shakespeare’s finest and then picked class ...

University of Birmingham academics and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) have joined forces in a new project to make Shakespeare accessible for deaf children in schools. This pioneering initiative ...

Minister for Education Helen McEntee wants works by William Shakespeare to remain compulsory for Leaving Cert English. Policymakers had proposed that “The Bard” be optional for higher level students.

I read Jerry Davich's column entitled "Why doesn't Shakespeare speak English?" with a great deal of interest. Back in 1996, when I was a student teacher at Munster High School, I posed a question to ...

Not to deal in unsolicited prophecies, but if you go see the Washington National Opera production of “Macbeth,” you’ll love it. Giuseppe Verdi’s 1847 adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic (with an ...