Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Jim Warren for the resident company at ASC, VA. 13 September, 2015. By Peter Kirwan (University of Nottingham) Although Staunton’s Blackfriars was constructed first, my experience of it comes through having seen several shows previously in the Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Virginia’s theatre feels very like the Wanamaker, if the […]
Review by Peter Kirwan Originally published on The Bardathon, 5 February 2012. Writing about web page https://www.cheekbyjowl.com/tis_pity_shes_a_whore.php Cheek by Jowl have revolutionised my understanding of early modern dramatists time and again – Shakespeare with itsTwelfth Night, Middleton with its The Changeling, and now John Ford with a stunning new ‘Tis Pity. This was my third production of the play following […]