Category: Shakespeare
Review: King John, Shakespeare’s Globe
“Mad world! mad kings! mad composition!” One of the terms most overused by reviewers and publicity writers…
Review: Measure for Measure, Shakespeare’s Globe
“Which is the wiser here, Justice or Iniquity?” You don’t get many Measure for Measures for the…
Review: Kings of War, Stadschouwburg Amsterdam
“En, denk je dat je veilig bent? De veiligheid van een rillend lam door wolven omringd?” It’s instructive…
Review: The Two Noble Kinsmen, White Bear Theatre
“They cannot both enjoy you” Shakespeare completists should rejoice as Instant Classics are mounting the first major…
Review: The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s Globe
“I will not hear thee speak; I’ll have my bond” Following the exceptional Rupert Goold/RSC adaptation which…
Review: Measure for Measure / Мера за меру, Cheek By Jowl at the Barbican
“We have strict statutes and most biting laws” Cheek By Jowl’s Russian-language take on The Tempest…
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Liverpool Everyman
“We will make amends ere long” After The Faction’s Romeo and Juliet that stretched out beyond the…
Review: Romeo + Juliet, Rose Theatre Kingston
“Were thou as young as I” In Joseph Drake and Audrey Brisson, Sally Cookson’s Romeo + Juliet…
Review: Songs of Lear, Battersea Arts Centre
“Is my heart too large for you?” It’s Shakespeare but not as you know it… It’s been…
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