shakespeare’s globe theatre

See all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets performed in more than 25 languages

Our (slim) pick of this week’s art and theatre openings

A Spanish Henry VIII, an Italian Julius Caesar and a Tempest in Arabic: Être ou ne pas être? Shakespeare’s Globe is staging all 38 of the Bard’s plays in the summer of 2012, each in a different language.

Serena Evans (Mistress Page), Christopher Benjamin (John Falstaff) and Sarah Woodward (Mistress Ford). Photo by John Tramper The Globe Theatre’s hit 2008 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor is back. And you can catch it at the reconstructed Globe until 2 October, before the …

Miranda Raison shines as Anne Boleyn in Howard Brenton’s new play. Photo by Manuel Harlan “Do you want to see it?” a white-clad Miranda Raison demands, wide eyed and teasing, at the very start of Howard Brenton’s new play, Anne Boleyn. “Do you?!” (There’s a …

Toy Story 3 and Shrek 4 aren’t the only sequels around this summer. If you’re a Shakespeare fan, you can catch both parts of Henry IV at the Globe Theatre on the same day, if you plan ahead. In the six hours, you get to …

Miranda Raison looks stunning as Ann Bullen (Anne Boleyn) in Henry VIII If, like this londonista, you grew up with the Tudor soap opera magically enlivening what seemed like every history lesson, you’ll probably find lots to like about this production of Henry VIII at …

Elliot Cowan (Macbeth) and Laura Rogers (Lady Macbeth). Photo by Ellie Kurttz Hell has come to the Globe Theatre for this production of Macbeth. Its marble-effect columns are covered in black cloth, handcuffed with tight copper bands. The back wall, too, is draped in blood-spattered …

The Globe Theatre’s Young Hearts season continues with what many call Shakespeare’s most modern play, Troilus and Cressida. Modern perhaps being a euphemism for difficult, but we’ll come to that later. If you know your Greek (or your Brad-Pitt-in-sandals vehicles), you’ll instantly recognise a fair …