A Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas Heywood. Dir Eleanor Sax for Theatron Novum @ the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse, 2016His Contemporaries

A Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas Heywood. Directed by Eleanor Sax for Theatron Novum at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse, 25 October 2016 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to “A Woman Killed with Kindness” and Other Domestic Plays, ed. by Martin Wiggins (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). This […]

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A Woman Killed with Kindness, Amschel de Rothschild, Antoni Czerwinski, Burton Taylor Studio, Eleanor Sax, Gawn Grainger, Joe Stephenson, Jonny Wiles, Kate Duchêne, Katie Mitchell, Louise Drognat-Landré, Marisa Crane, Martin Wiggins, minimalism, national theatre, NT, Oxford Playhouse, Peter Malin, theatrical space, Theatron Novum, Thomas Heywood, Tobias Sims, Victoria Gawlik
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Volpone, Resurgens Theatre Company dir. Brent Griffin @ the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2016His Contemporaries

Volpone, by the Resurgens Theatre Company Directed by Brent Griffin at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse in Atlanta, GA, 2016 Review by Tyler Bruce Dale, Mary Baldwin University This year, early modern scholars and practitioners celebrate the quadricentennial anniversary of Ben Jonson’s Workes, the first folio of his plays, published in 1616. In Atlanta, the Resurgens theatre […]

The Alchemist dir. Jenny Eastop @ The Rose Theatre, London, June 2016His Contemporaries

The Alchemist, dir. Jenny Eastop for Mercurius Theatre (https://www.mercuriustheatre.co.uk/). The Rose Theatre, London, 11 June 2016. Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson Mercurius Theatre and its award-winning director/producer Jenny Eastop have enjoyed a fruitful relationship with The Rose Theatre in recent years. The company’s deft hand with non-Shakespearean early modern drama has been evidenced by […]

Hyde Park dir. Mike Cordner @ University of York, June 2016His Contemporaries

Hyde Park, dir. Mike Cordner for the University of York Department of Theatre, Film and Television (https://www.york.ac.uk/tftv/). Scenic Stage Theatre, University of York, 9 June 2016. Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson Hyde Park is a masterpiece of Caroline theatre. Written in 1632, the play represents a precocious early effort by James Shirley, a writer […]

Edward II by the National Theatre Company @ Olivier Theatre, London, 2013His Contemporaries

Edward II by Christopher Marlowe by the National Theatre Company, at the Olivier Theatre, The National Theatre, London, 29 September 2013 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to Christopher Marlowe, Edward the Second, ed. by Martin Wiggins and Robert Lindsey, New Mermaids, 2nd edn (London: A & C Black, 1997). All reviews quoted […]

The Duchess of Malfi directed by Jamie Lloyd @ Old Vic Theatre, London, 2012His Contemporaries

The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster Old Vic Theatre, London, directed by Jamie Lloyd, 28 April 2012 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, ed. by John Russell Brown, Revels Student Editions (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997) What an unexpected pleasure to see a Jacobean tragedy […]

’Tis Pity She’s a Whore @ Oxford Playhouse (on tour), directed by Declan Donnellan for Cheek by Jowl, 2012His Contemporaries

’Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford Directed by Declan Donnellan for Cheek by Jowl at Oxford Playhouse (on tour), 7 February 2012 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, ed. by Martin Wiggins, New Mermaids, 2nd edn (London: A. & C. Black, 2003) In just under […]

Edward II @ Schauspielhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2015His Contemporaries

Edward II by Christopher Marlowe; directed by Nora Schlocker for Schauspielhaus Wien, Theater Basel and Wiener Festwochen at Schauspielhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria. Seen on 31st May 2015 Reviewed by Ludwig Schnauder “Edward II. Die Liebe bin ich by Ewald Palmetshofer after Christopher Marlowe”, this is the full title of this co-production by Schauspielhaus Wien, […]

A Woman Killed with Kindness @ Lyttelton Theatre, The National Theatre, London, 2011His Contemporaries

A Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas Heywood. Directed by Katie Mitchell for the National Theatre Company at Lyttelton Theatre, The National Theatre, London, 11 September 2011 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to “A Woman Killed with Kindness” and Other Domestic Plays, ed. by Martin Wiggins (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008) In 1991, Katie Mitchell […]

Doctor Faustus @ Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford, 2011His Contemporaries

Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Directed by Charlotte Conquest for Creation Theatre Company at Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford, 18 February 2011 Reviewed by Peter Malin The notion of staging Dr Faustus in one of the world’s most iconic bookshops paid off handsomely in Charlotte Conquest’s production for Creation Theatre. In the deepest well of Blackwell’s underground Norrington Room – […]

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