Tag Archives: Titus Andronicus

10 Shakespeare trigger warnings Puritans haven’t thought of yet

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 »

Ian Gelder’s obituary

Actor Ian Gelder, who has died of cancer aged 74, was a notable supporting actor for decades at the National Theater and Royal Shakespeare Company in the West End and leading fringe theatres, before finding fame playing Shakespeare’s brother Kevan Lannister on television. Tywin (Charles Dance), the fearsome patriarch plotting a Shakespearean power grab, in… Read More »