First impressions: There have been all sorts of Hamlets over the years but none I venture to say are quite so funny as the one by Paul Giamatti, who can draw big laughs with just a sly and sardonic ...

For those who missed last week’s column, I’m playing the Ghost in a local, independent production of “Hamlet” the last weekend of August and the first weekend of September. I’m not making any money ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Andrew Scott’s portrayal of Moriarty in Sherlock received almost universal acclaim, but I was one of the ...

Over the decades, I have experienced a fair number of productions of “Hamlet,” but the current American Players Theatre rendition is the first one I’ve actually enjoyed. “Hamlet” is, we all know, one ...

The ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Ex Machina’ star is a wild and arresting Hamlet in an electrifying production at New York’s Public Theater, directed by Sam Gold. Senior Editor and Writer Unlisted in the credits ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Grand Theft Hamlet Gives New Meaning to "All the World's a Stage" What begins as a silly, surreal, and farcical telling of a bunch of unemployed London actors' attempts to put on a production of ...

Tom Hewitt and Elizabeth Ashley in the Bucks County Playhouse production of "I Hate Hamlet." (Joan Marcus) To be funny or not to be funny, that is the question for “I Hate Hamlet,” now at Bucks County ...