Julia & Romeo; directed by Jussi Nikkilä for the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki, Finland. Adaptation by Anna Viitala based on a translation by Marja-Leena Mikkola. 4 Oct 2018 Reviewed by Nely Keinänen (University of Helsinki) In 2016, the director Jussi Nikkilä did an excellent production of Richard III on one of the smaller stages […]
Richard II directed by Dr Charles Morton. Ketterer’s Men at the Shakespeare Institute, 27-30 September 2018. Reviewed by Sara Marie Westh Bear with me. I am reminded of the final scenes of Ratatouille, where the irascible reviewer, Ego, finds himself forced by his conscience to admit the brilliance of the place he is reviewing. He ruminates that “In […]
As You Like It, directed by Federay Holmes and Elle While for Shakespeare’s Globe (http://www.shakespearesglobe.com). The Globe Theatre, London, 18 July, 2018. Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson Michelle Terry began her tenure as Artistic Director for Shakespeare’s Globe by returning to The Globe’s 1599 roots in As You Like It and Hamlet.[1] The Globe’s […]
Macbeth; directed by Charles Fee for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise, Idaho, 19 June 2018. Reviewed by Julie Fendrick Macbeth’s witches perch upon the balcony of an impressive outdoor theater, their black, flexible wings wrapped around their bodies like bats; with a jarring crack of thunder, so opens the Macbeth of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s 2018 […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Danielle Irvine, July 21, 2018 at Perchance Theatre in Cupids (NL) Reviewed by Tracy O’Brien Perchance is an open-air theatre modeled after Shakespeare’s Globe, and was built with local wood and sail canvas in 2010 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of John Guy’s settlement in the area. Nestled in the […]
Henry IV; directed by Daniel Sullivan for The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, LA, California, USA. June 3, 2018. Reviewed by Justin B. Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College I expected Tom Hanks to be good. After all, he has won a couple of Academy Awards, and he did receive complimentary reviews for his Broadway debut. […]
Booth’s Richard III, produced by the Hidden Room and The Harry Ransom Center at the Austin Scottish Rite Theater. Directed by Beth Burns. Austin, Texas, June 16, 2018. Reviewed by Michael Saenger. Fame and infamy come very close together, and always have. To be famous is to do something extraordinary, or to be someone who […]
Othello, dir. Daria Bukvic. Tr. Esther Duysker. Het Nationale Theater. Utrecht, Podium Hoge Woerd, 24 February 2018. Review by Paul Franssen (Utrecht University) Few recent Dutch Shakespeare productions have come in for more advance publicity than this Othello. Indeed, it was a remarkable production. For director Daria Bukvic, the central issue of Othello was race: […]
King Lear, Het Zuidelijk Toneel and het Paleis, directed by Simon de Vos. Utrecht, Stadsschouwburg, 2 February 2018. Review by Paul Franssen (Utrecht University) Like other recent Shakespeare adaptations in the Low Countries, such as Tom Lanoye’s Queen Lear and his Hamlet vs. Hamlet, this production treated the original very freely, changing many features to […]
Titus Andronicus; directed by Paata Tsikurishvili for Synetic Theater, Arlington, Virginia, USA. May 19, 2018. Reviewed by Justin B. Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College. Titus Andronicus is Synetic Theater’s thirteenth entry in its wordless Shakespeare series. (Note: For convenience, I will refer to the play as Shakespeare’s, though I acknowledge the consensus that it was a […]
