Best Shakespeare Comedy Roles
Can you remember the first time you laughed during a Shakespeare play? Like, absolutely cackled at something—so much you forgot the writer had been dead for 400 years? It’s a special moment: one where you discover...
Best Of / Lists
Since StageMilk’s inception, lists have been an integral part of the site. We wanted to provide free, no-nonsense resources for actors all around the world. We are constantly updating these lists, and adding new ones. Go forth, and explore!
I find “Best Of” lists really helpful starting points when exploring new areas of information. Don’t get too caught up in the hierarchy of the lists, but just use these as a launching pad.
Best European Playwrights
This article contains a list of the best European playwrights. These playwrights have made some of the most important contributions to theatre not just in Europe, but all over the world. Some of the names...
Best Theatre Actors
We wouldn’t have actors if it weren’t for theatre— the magical medium that kicked off our species’ collective obsession with make-believe, performance and story thousands of years ago. And while that sentence might read like...
Best Film Adaptations of Stage Plays
In 1899, the British Mutoscope and Biograph Company produced the world’s first stage-to-screen adaptation: King John by William Shakespeare. You have to wonder whether they knew the trend they were setting… Since the end of the 19th...
Best Three-Hander Plays
Picture the scene: two actors, sharing a stage. Each of their characters have their own sets of needs and wants—their own objectives they’re fighting to achieve within the story. Even if their motives are hidden...
Best TV Shows About Acting
There is nothing I love more than watching TV shows about acting and actors. There’s something cathartic about seeing situations on screen that we can relate to. Not all shows do this successfully and with...
Best Australian Playwrights
As always with creating a ‘best of’ list, it has been a difficult task to put together a list of best Australian Playwrights. However, here is what we’ve come up with. We considered many factors...
10 Best Films You Didn’t Know Were Based on Shakespeare
Shakespeare lends himself well to the medium of cinema. From epic, historical tales of war and conquest to fever dreams rooted in the outright fantastical, his plays beg for adaptation and reinvention in a visual...
Best Plays of David Hare
David Hare is an acclaimed British playwright, as well as a screenwriter and director for theatre and film. He is a recipient and nominee of numerous awards, including two Laurence Olivier awards, New York Drama...
The Works of Martin McDonagh
From stage, to screen, to radio and even to musical theatre: Martin McDonagh is considered to be one of Ireland’s most acclaimed playwrights—and for good reason. His work has gripped audiences since the 1990s, shocking...