Breath of Kings: Rebellion and Breath of Kings: Redemption, Stratford Festival, Dir. Weyni Mengesha and Mitchell Cushman, Assoc. Dir. Graham Abbey, at Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. June 22, 2016 Reviewed by Regina Buccola Within a three-month span this summer I will have seen the first part of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s epic march through […]
Richard III by The Baron’s Men, directed by Joe Falocco, at Garriott’s Curtain Theatre, Austin, Texas. April 7, 2016. Reviewed by Michael Saenger, Southwestern University Richard III is a savage, and Richard III is guilty pleasure. Theoretically, it’s a play that supports the Tudor myth; that is, a play that portrays a dastardly bad […]
Richard II at Shakespeare’s Globe (https://www.shakespearesglobe.com). The Globe Theatre, London, July 2015 Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson As Andrew Gurr has written in the preface to the New Cambridge edition of the play, “Richard II is one of the most extraordinary of all the Shakespearean crown jewels,” though it has not been performed perhaps […]
Richard III at Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II, Lisbon, Portugal. 2015. Reviewed by Francesca Rayner (Universidade do Minho) The opening and closing moments of this Richard III framed the defining features of the performance. At the start, dancer Romeu Runa established the contours of the performance space by running at breakneck speed in a circle […]
“Sad Stories of the Death of Kings”: Richard II and Edward II, by Scena Mundi Theatre Company (https://www.scenamundi.co.uk) at the Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, London, 20 June 2015 Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson (Abilene Christian University, Texas) According to the back of the programme for this event, Scena Mundi “celebrates classical […]
SHAKESPEARE À LA BRASILEIRA COULOURS PORTUGAL A REVIEW OF SUA INCELENÇA, RICARDO III PRODUCED BY CLOWNS DE SHAKESPEARE PORTO, PRAÇA D. JOÃO I, 09 JUNE 2013 Review by Livia Segurado The Brazilian theatre company Clowns de Shakespeare participated in the closing ceremonies of the FITEI[1] 2013 in Porto, last June, with their acclaimed version of […]
Henry IV Part 1 UCLU Drama Society, Bloomsbury Theatre 13 November 2014. Reviewed by Miranda Fay Thomas There is always a slight sense of trepidation when going to see a student production; particularly a student production in London, where we are spoilt for choice with professional shows; even more so, perhaps, when the production in question is […]
Reviewed by Elizabeth Sharrett (The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham) The third instalment of Greg Doran’s Henriad began with a departure from the “doublet and hose” aesthetic of the two previous productions, and for a moment I thought we were in for a very different show. After a polite reminder to “switch off mobile phones”, […]
Henry V, directed by Christopher Luscombe for Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois. April 29 – June 15, 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola From the very beginning of Henry V, the Chorus serves a meta-theatrical function, not only bringing the audience up to speed on what has happened and forecasting the significant aspects of what […]
Henry IV, Part 2, at Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the University Theater, Boulder, Colorado, 3 August 2014 Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson The announcement that the venerable Colorado Shakespeare Festival had chosen to stage the seldom-performed Henry IV, Part 2 in its first-ever Original Practices production as part of its recent emphasis on Shakespeare’s history plays […]
