Shakespeare’s tedious old fool was also a dad just doing his best.

Scripted from front-page news, the Federal Theatre Project’s Living Newspaper plays were part entertainment, part protest, and entirely educational.

The medieval tradition of deciding legal cases by appointing champions to fight to the death endured through 1817, unlike its tastier cousin.

Academics and musicians have a lot in common. The JSTOR Daily playlist combines songs and scholarship.

What does "live theatre" truly mean when it's broadcast to cinema screens? And how does streaming Shakespeare stack up to the theatrical version?

László Polgár raised all three of his daughters to become chess prodigies.