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A new version of Romeo & Juliet comes to Nottingham Playhouse next year. Photo: Submitted

New take on Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet coming to Nottingham

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Eddie Izzard is set to bring their performance of Hamlet to UK audiences in late 2025.

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Full list of every theatre in the UK with huge January sale savings

Dozens of classic books and plays make an appearance of the dense reading lists

The books your A Level English lit student may need to read this year

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A full guide to the GCSE English literature reading list this year

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Breaking Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82
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Historic manor house where Shakespeare wrote ‘As You Like It’ goes up for sale

Historic manor house where Shakespeare wrote famous play up for sale

Married couple Janet and John Ford, who own Tudor World, are at loggerheads with Joe Rukin, who runs Sinister Stratford ghost tours.

Turf war breaks out between Stratford-upon-Avon ghost tour guides

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Beautiful view of traditional Gondola on Canal Grande with historic Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute in the background on a sunny day in Venice, Italy

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Hempshill Hall's display for Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

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Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois in A Streecar Named Desire at the Young Vic in 2014 (photo: Johan Persson)

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National Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Pictured left to right are Gwendoline Christie, David Moorst, Ryan Bawa, Oliver Chris and Hammed Animashaun. Photo by Perou.

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Five of the best plays to watch at home in the next few days

Tom HIddleston in Coriolanus. Photo by Johan Persson.

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Sophie Okonedo as Cleopatra and Ralph Fiennes as Anthony. Photo by Jason Bell.

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Tamsin Grieg, right, and Doon Mackichan in the National Theatre's production of Twelfth Night.

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Karen Fishwick as Juliet and Bally Gill as Romeo

REVIEW: Romeo and Juliet at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal

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Chapterhouse is presenting more live outdoor theatre in Nottinghamshire this summer

Chapterhouse are back with another summer of theatre
Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen and two family favourites make up this year's open-air summer tour by Chapterhouse Theatre Company.
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