William Shakespeare news

A new heritage and cultural centre in Jiangxi Province, South China, will see the construction of replicas of two of William Shakespeare’s historic homes, which ... More

Construction is about to start on a close replica of William Shakespeare’s famous Globe Theatre, with only two key differences from the original: this version ... More

VisitBritain has launched a new campaign aiming to boost visitor numbers in the UK, announcing a year of literary milestones dubbed “Magical Britain”. Launched to ... More

VisitEngland will be celebrating Britain’s literary stars in 2017, using fictional characters such as Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes and famous authors like Jane Austen ... More

A record number of tourists visited the five historic houses of William Shakespeare in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. More than ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from West Elm's first hotel brand to a Serpentine Galleries' Zaha Hadid retrospective. ... More

Plans are underway to recreate multiple versions worldwide of William Shakespeare’s iconic Globe Theatre using nothing but scaffolding and re-purposed shipping containers. The original Globe ... More

The Chicago Shakespeare Theater is expanding its footprint on the city’s iconic Navy Pier, with US$35m (€32.2m, £24.9m) being used to develop a flexible third ... More

The Elizabethan theatre where William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Henry V were performed for the first time is at the centre of a new ... More

A £300,000 (US$490,000, €378,000) pot is being made available by the UK government to fund museum exchanges between China and Great Britain. The move is ... More

It has recently been announced that the 24 bank and building society members of the UK Domestic Cheque Guarantee Card Scheme have elected to close ... More

The Tower Theatre Company (TTC) has unveiled plans to build a new theatre on a site confirmed by Museum of London Archaeology as being the ... More

The National Portrait Gallery in London, UK, is to open a new exhibition on the life of playwright William Shakespeare. The exhibition, called Searching for ... More

A new, multi-million pound visitor attraction, called Shakespearience, opened to the public on 3 December at the Waterside Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Billed as a ... More