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Jason King Jones explains why children can connect with Shakespeare, from young audiences enjoying A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night to the young actors who first performed many of Shakespeare’s roles.

Jason King Jones talks about how some of Shakespeare’s characters have made it into space, as the names of satellites of Uranus.

Jason King Jones describes the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s rehearsals, and how a complete understanding of Shakespeare’s works translates to an excellent audience experience.

Jason King Jones discusses how some of the U.S. founding fathers found inspiration in William Shakespeare's plays.

Jason King Jones looks at Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s politically charged tragedy about a gifted Roman general whose pride, honesty, and contempt for public opinion lead to consequences that shake a civilization.

Jason King Jones looks at why many major Shakespeare festivals also produce musicals, and how shows like A Chorus Line, Hamilton, and Les Misérables connect to the Shakespeare festival tradition.

Jason King Jones looks at Shakespeare’s most compelling villains, from Iago and Richard III to Edmund, and how that tradition of brilliant, calculating stage villains lives on in Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

Jason King Jones looks at the rise of theater buildings in Shakespeare’s England, from early London playhouses to the Globe Theatre.

Jason King Jones looks at how Shakespeare transformed the borrowed story of Romeo and Juliet into one of the most emotionally powerful love stories the theater has ever offered.

Jason King Jones talks about how Shakespeare was not only an actor and a playwright, but also a shareholder in his theater company — the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.