He realizes that his wife, Paola, is unfaithful. Paola (Cynthia Krause) thereupon drugs Lucille, and with the help of the bawd Barbette (Emily Levinc), convinces her she has been ravished by Count ...

“I have been smeared all over with the most opprobrious epithets . . . am stigmatized as a bawd and a blackmailer. Now until you are ready . . . to suffer what I have suffered ...

Then that curst carmagnole, auld Satan, Watches, like bawd'rons by a rattan, Our sinfu' saul to get a claute on Wi' felon ire; Syne, whip! his tail ye'll ne'er cast saut on, He's off like fire.

In Celestina, the hero Calisto parodies the courtly lover, the heroine Melibea lives through classical examples and popular students' knowledge, the bawd and go-between Celestina deals a blow to the ...

The 2016 Edinburgh International Festival is celebrating the influence of Shakespeare and re-interpretations of his work, to mark 400 years since his death. We're taking a closer look at three ...