Richard III, Directed by Garry Hynes for DruidShakespeare, White Lights Festival, Lincoln Center, Gerald W. Lunch Theater at John Jay College, November 7-23, 2019, Reviewed on November 23, 2019. Reviewed by James Loehlin. Druid is a leading Irish theatre company based in Galway, perhaps best known for premiering contemporary work like Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen […]
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, Directed by Beth Burns for The Hidden Room, York Rite Masonic Hall, Austin TX, Sept 27 – Oct 20, 2019, reviewed on October 20, 2019 (www.hiddenroomtheatre.com). Reviewed by James Loehlin, University of Texas The Duchess of Malfi extends the Hidden Room Theatre’s project of marshalling historical performance techniques for potent contemporary […]
Henry IV by William Shakespeare, Directed by Beth Burns for The Hidden Room, York Rite Masonic Hall, Austin TX, Sept 8 – Oct 1, 2017 Reviewed James Loehlin on September 15, 2017 www.hiddenroomtheatre.com Beth Burns’s Austin company, The Hidden Room, has established a reputation for energetic and experimental early modern productions, often employing all-male companies […]
Der bestrafte Brudermord Performed by Hidden Room Theatre Directed by Beth Burns Blackfriars Playhouse, Staunton, Virginia 25 October 2013 Review by James Loehlin Der bestrafte Brudermord has been getting a lot of attention lately. This early German version of Hamlet—one of the first surviving adaptations of a Shakespeare play into another language—was performed in […]
