In this lecture, Robert Pogue Harrison argues that the monologues in Dante’s Inferno are in some ways more “modern” in their psychology than the soliloquies in Shakespeare’s tragedies.

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The Porter, a minor character played by Dennis Trainor Jr., seizes the spotlight and proceeds to inveigh against “MAGA ...

The upcoming seven-part audiobook adaptation of Rowling's bestselling series also includes Hugh Laurie, Riz Ahmed, and Kit ...

WAmadeus is a very rich, poetic, highly philosophical play, with lots of music and moving parts. There’s a great deal ...

There’s no denying how pervasive the tale of Hamlet remains in popular culture, on every level. This year alone, there has ...

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In “Keeping Up Appearances,” Patricia Routledge served as a mirror to middle-class society and its petty preoccupations and ...

A Danbury native actor is conjuring scares this spooky season with her newest role in the horror anthology film "V/H/S ...

Anthea Hamilton’s working method and aesthetic language could both be encapsulated by the early-2000s term ‘mashup’. The ...

Morgan Freeman has made a career out of dignified gravitas, but a role tailor-made for those talents proved to be a low point for the iconic actor.