While writing the novel Hamnet, which imagines the hidden origins of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the author Maggie O’Farrell did something counterintuitive: She avoided referencing or quoting the ...

The Shakespearean monologue that is featured twice in “Hamnet” has long informed the movies, often in surprising ways that can make us rethink the words. By Alissa Wilkinson In Chloé Zhao’s drama ...

Allan Clayton performs an excerpt from Hamlet's famous soliloquy, "To be, or not to be." Allan Clayton performs an excerpt from Hamlet's famous Act I soliloquy, "To be, or not to be" in the Met's ...

I was fortunate when I graduated from college because the guest speaker at our ceremony was none other than Maya Angelou. Even to this day I remember the warm, thoughtful cadence in her voice and the ...

A soliloquy is a speech that a character delivers while they are alone onstage or believe themselves to be alone. It is a device used in drama to reveal the character’s innermost thoughts and ...