Inside the Fortress that Inspired Hamlet
There’s a cold wind blowing from the Øresund Sound as I stand on a platform in front of Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, Denmark, looking out to Sweden. At one end of the platform, a pillar-box red guard post stands beside a row of impressive cannons facing the strait. I’m not here for the view though: […]
William Shakespeare’s Plays in Art
By The National Gallery Some of the characters and plots in William Shakespeare’s works come directly from ancient and modern sources. Our Library exhibition Will’s World—European Literature in Shakespeare’s time explores the classic and modern writing that inspired the English playwright. And in the 400 years since his first folio was published, Shakespeare’s plays have […]