Who is Ophelia and how did she die? Some fans are rushing to understand the Shakespearean reference in Taylor Swift's new album, The Life of a Showgirl. "The Fate of Ophelia" is the first song in the ...

Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," may draw inspiration from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," particularly the character of Ophelia. The album cover and first track, "The Fate of Ophelia," ...

Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl is finally here, and with it, 12 carefully selected tracks that explore everything from her romance with Travis Kelce to an ill-fated high school crush ...

As a youth, the writer Floyd Skloot most admired Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy. “It showed a mind engaged with the fundamental question of existence,” he says in this special issue, which ...

Taylor Swift‘s “The Fate of Ophelia” music video is now streaming on YouTube, following an exclusive early release to movie theaters in the U.S. on Friday (Oct. 3). Written and directed by Swift ...

Inspired by Taylor Swift’s “Showgirl” single, listen to a playlist of songs that use the tragic “Hamlet” heroine as inspiration. By Lindsay Zoladz When Taylor Swift first released the track list for ...

What are Taylor Swift's 'The Fate of Ophelia' lyrics about? Here's what she's said about how Shakespeare inspired the song. Swifties assemble! Taylor Swift has opened up about the romantic meaning ...

The question used to be: Can Shakespeare’s plays be made into successful movies? With his film production of Henry V (TIME, April 8, 1946), Sir Laurence Olivier settled that question once & for all.

Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," may draw inspiration from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," particularly the character of Ophelia. The album cover and first track, "The Fate of Ophelia," ...