Category: Shakespeare

Posted in Musicals Shakespeare Theatre

Review: A Winter’s Tale, Landor Theatre

“A sad tale is best for winter”   The last two adaptations of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s…

Posted in Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare’s Globe

“For she is changed, as she had never been” Despite featuring Samantha Spiro as Kate, the Globe’s…

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Review: A Winter’s Tale, Unicorn Theatre

  “It’s a well-known fact that hard-hearted kings often melt in the face of innocent babies” The…

Posted in RSC Shakespeare Theatre West End

Review: Much Ado About Nothing, Noël Coward Theatre

“For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion” Transferring into the Noël Coward theatre, Iqbal Khan…

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Review: Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s Globe

“And all is semblative a woman’s part” Mark Rylance’s much-trumpeted double-bill return to Shakespeare’s Globe this summer…

Posted in Not-London Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Theatre UK

Review: Macbeth, Crucible

“I go, and it is done” They appear to be creatures of habit up in Sheffield. Just…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

Review: King Lear, Almeida Theatre

“This is the excellent foppery of the world”  Considered one of the defining roles for actors, there…

Posted in RSC Shakespeare Theatre West End

Review: Julius Caesar, Noël Coward Theatre

“Men may construe things after their fashion clean from the purpose of the things themselves” I hadn’t…

Posted in Mark Ravenhill RSC Shakespeare Theatre

Not-a-review: Troilus and Cressida, RSC and Wooster Group at Riverside Studios

“The common curse of mankind, – folly and ignorance” For those unclear, the ‘not-a-review’ title usually pops…