Possible Clues:

• Shakespearean tragic hero
• Game whose board is an 8x8 grid
• Turned to source of celebrity gossip for tragic tale
• Shakespeare character who says 'I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee'
• Shakespearean soldier
• Tragedy returning to celebrity magazine
• Role for Laurence Olivier and Laurence Fishburne
• Fictional general in the Venetian army
• Play featuring in old books and magazine
• Old misery comes inside to play