Sixty-five years after his first rave reviews, the star of I, Claudius and Last Tango in Halifax is still drowning in work – and self-doubt. Can a man who won Ian McKellen’s heart really see himself ...

Rome and its emperors are with us still. What are the “Hunger Games” but a modern version of the gladiator fights-to-the-death with which the emperors pacified unruly citizens? If television had ...

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SINISTER MUSIC plays and a viper slithers across a Roman mosaic. It’s the opening credits of “I, Claudius,” a historical series of the Roman Empire based on the novels by Robert Graves. Uneasy lays ...

For American viewers of a certain impressionable age (and some old enough to know better), the original television mini-series “I, Claudius” was an eye-opening introduction to public broadcasting: a ...

King Lear — Theater Review It’s always an event when a great actor decides finally to take on “King Lear” and, at 72, stage veteran Derek Jacobi, also known for film roles and TV series such as “I, ...