One notable simile in Antony and Cleopatra is uttered by a character of Shakespeare’s own invention, Scarus, according to whom Antony absents himself from the Battle of Actium “like a doting mallard”.

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You may wish to sign up with Mark Van Doren, the great professor of English who lived from 1894 to 1972. In 1938, he wrote Shakespeare, which can be had in an edition from NYRB. The foreword is by ...

OpenTable has named the UK’s most romantic restaurants ahead of Valentine's Day – and six of them are in south east London.

Irvin Matus The new reading room of the Folger Shakespeare Library is dominated by a huge painting of the sort that Oscar Wilde's Lady Bracknell migh ...

If your Cleopatra is an ageing whore, and her Antony a would-be Alexander in his dotage, then we know a touch more about you, and rather less about them than we should. Ultimately, even to Bloom, ...

Vijay Antony teams up with director Arun Prabhu for his 25th film titled 'Sakthi Thirumagan' in Tamil and 'Parashakthi' in English. The first look suggests a fiery action drama, with Antony ...

Created by the late Joseph Papp in 1962, the Public Theater's series offers free, large-scale productions of works by William Shakespeare (as well as the occasional musical or non-Shakespearean ...

The official handle of Dawn Pictures reposted the picture with the caption “United we stand @vijayantony @ArunPrabu_ (sic)“ The issue blew over when Vijay Antony released a certificate issued ...

Sivakarthikeyan's landmark 25th film with director Sudha Kongara Prasad has been titled Parasakthi. However, actor-composer Vijay Antony had also named his upcoming film Parasakthi in Telugu. Listen ...