The great thing about canonical works is that you can do whatever you want to them — tear them apart, rearrange them, even mock them mercilessly — and they remain intact for the next generation to approve or slaughter. The same is true of Shakespeare’s vice-like tragedy Macbeth, here given a kind of rip-off by… Read More »
What a shame, Sir John Falstaff. The Royal Shakespeare Company has ruled that Prince Hal’s buxom companion was the victim of “bullying in the form of body shaming” in its new production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Falstaff is one of the Bard’s most objectionable characters, entertaining disreputable people in dodgy taverns and embezzling… Read More »
John Malkovich is directing Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, Dennis Kelly and Duncan Macmillan have dramas, Sarah Ruhl is adapting Eurydice and The Play That Goes Wrong is packed to the rafters. You may be searching through theater listings across London, but this is the singular program at the Dailes theater in Latvia’s capital Riga, where British… Read More »
According to American writer Jodi Picoult, Shakespeare’s plays were written by a woman and clues were present in Romeo, Juliet and Othello. Picoult, whose books have sold 40 million copies, turned his attention to Ozan in his latest novel. He supports the theory that Emilia Bassano, poet and contemporary of William Shakespeare, was the real… Read More »
An outdoor show has an added excitement. The feeling that theater should always be this way; friendly, less formal, social; audience and artists together. And it’s all completely at the mercy of the weather. Nature plays an important role in this industry and will often determine programming and whether a show will go on. The… Read More »
The Biggest Hamlets: Maxine Peake, David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch All the world’s a stage for Queen Camilla, who attended a star-studded event at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday night as part of the 400.he-Anniversary celebrations of Shakespeare’s First Folio. His Majesty had originally planned to enjoy this Valentine’s Day trip with the King;… Read More »
Queen Camilla photographed with stars including Joanna Lumley, Floella Benjamin and Twiggy Lawson – CHRIS JACKSON/AFP More than a dozen “Women and Hamlets” joined in to toast the Queen’s health, while a super-sized get-well card was sent to the King from leading figures in British theatre. The Queen attended the Shakespeare celebration at Grosvenor House… Read More »