A portrait of William Shakespeare thought to be the only picture made of the playwright during his lifetime is unveiled in London. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7932901.stm
Puppet comedy Avenue Q gets a new home following the decision to extend its run in London’s West End at a different theatre. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7933574.stm
Dames Judi Dench and Helen Mirren, and Gillian Anderson, are named on a list of the UK’s 20 most powerful women in theatre. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7926245.stm
George Orwell’s 1984 and Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace are among the books people are most likely to have lied about reading, according to a poll. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7925720.stm
Shadow Forest by author Matt Haig has been named book of the year at the Blue Peter Book Awards. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7924517.stm
A play discovered in the archive of poet Ted Hughes is to get its first staging next month in a London theatre. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7914972.stm
Seven paintings by the gangster Kray twins during their time in prison are to be sold at auction. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/7916513.stm
An unfinished novel by David Foster Wallace, who committed suicide in 2008, is discovered. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7918391.stm
Hundreds of people are to get the chance to become a work of art on Antony Gormley’s fourth Trafalgar Square plinth later this year. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7911261.stm
Placard waving protesters climb on stage at London’s National Theatre production of a new comedy about immigration. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7918669.stm
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