Tag: Joseph Marcell

Posted in Jack Thorne News Old Vic Royal Court Theatre

Round-up of news and treats and other interesting things

The news of Tim Pigott-Smith’s passing at the age of 70 yesterday was a terrible shock, not…

Posted in Blanche McIntyre Digital Jessica Swale Shakespeare

The Complete Walk, from the comfort of your sofa #9

  “Man is a giddy thing” Much Ado About Nothing Quite a bold gambit here, as Jessica…

Posted in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Review: The Inn at Lydda, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

“Some things are better left out of the history books” Have you heard the one where Jesus,…

Posted in Digital Shakespeare

The Complete Walk, from the comfort of your sofa #5

  “When we are born, we cry”   King Lear Actually taking Lear to the White Cliffs…

Posted in Digital Shakespeare

The Complete Walk, from the comfort of your sofa #3

  “A lot of fighting ensues”   The Globe’s Complete Walk is being released in dribs and…

Posted in Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Review: Cymbeline, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

“Fear no more the frown o’ the great” You wait for a production of relatively little-performed Shakespeare…

Posted in Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Review: King John, Shakespeare’s Globe

“Mad world! mad kings! mad composition!” One of the terms most overused by reviewers and publicity writers…

Posted in Not-London Patrick Hamilton Theatre UK

Review: Gaslight, Salisbury Playhouse

“Every night, I find myself waiting for something”  Fans of overwrought cod-Victorian melodrama are definitely in for…

Posted in Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe

“There was a star danced, and under that I was born” Much Ado About Nothing fans really…