On opening night at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, actor-writer Jacob Ming-Trent had the audience in thrall from the very first ...

Discover the real historical figures behind five of Shakespeare's most famous characters, from Hamlet to Cleopatra.

Ming-Trent is not the first or last to credit The Swan of Avon with saving his life. But based on all those who also helped save him so he can thrive today, there is no doubt that Shakespeare, among ...

Directed by former Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Tony Taccone, Jacob Ming-Trent finds the synchronicity between different ...

A young Black man dealing with how to fulfill his passion for writing and language in an unaccommodating world is the topic of Jacob Ming-Trent's solo show "How Shakespeare Saved My Life" getting ...

If there is one thing “Hamnet” is determined to sear into our minds, it is “the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks” a ...

William Shakespeare is, arguably, the most influential writer in history, with lines that have been parroted both in and out of the context of his plays for centuries. “Hamnet” is a testament to the ...

How Shakespeare Saved My Life is an autobiographical-inspired theatrical work by playwright and Broadway performer Jacob Ming-Trent (Folger Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and directed by Tony ...

Jack Lynch’s argument in “Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright Into the Bard” (Walker, 320 pages, $24.95) is reminiscent of Walter Pater’s idea that the ...

William Shakespeare had a son, Hamnet, who likely inspired one of his most famous plays and who died when he was 11 years old. Novelist Maggie O'Farrell was disappointed that more people weren't ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By James Shapiro THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By Lena Cowen Orlin Much of the evidence ...