Othello directed by Nicholas Hytner, The National Theatre, London, 2013. If my memory serves me correctly, then all of Nicholas Hytner’s Shakespeare productions I have seen have been in modern-dress. Occasionally the need to find a visual, contemporary cultural idiom has been unsuccessful. In 2002, Hytner’s setting of the long pastoral scenes of The Winter’s […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. The Dark Side of Love, directed by Renato Rocha and co-directed by Keziah Serreau, 5 July 2012 at the Roundhouse, London By Sonia Massai, King’s College London At the beginning of this 45-minute promenade […]
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: […]
Othello, translated by Norman Chaurette, directed by Léonie Simaga, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Comédie-Française, Paris, 25 April 2014, middle stalls. Review by Stéphanie Mercier If Leontes has his reason stolen by interior fiends, the outward malignancy of this Iago’s (Nâzim Boudjenah) demonic machinations almost steals the show here – but not quite. What prevents the play […]
Let’s party until we cry!: Romeo and Juliet by The Flanagan Collective, 2015. Reviewed by Zsolt Almási (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary) When entering the auditorium to watch Romeo and Juliet by the The Flanagan Collective at Gyula, Hungary, one was immediately caught up in an unexpected situation. The chairs were arranged parallel to the walls […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. A Toroihi rāua ko Kāhiri (Troilus and Cressida), Ngākau Toa, dir. Rachel House and Jamus Webster, 23 April 2012 at The Globe, London By Catherine Silverstone, Queen Mary University of London […]
Romeo and Juliet Sydney Theatre Company, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 1 November 2013. Review by Penny Gay. Kip Williams, one of the new generation of exploratory young theatre directors who are making waves in Sydney and Melbourne, was offered the chance to do his first Shakespeare play by the Sydney Theatre Company’s […]
King Lear, directed by Sam Mendes for the National Theatre, London at the Music Box Theater in Chicago, IL for NT Live. May 26, 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola In May, I had the unique experience of taking a backstage tour featuring key set pieces, props and costumes for the National Theatre’s production of King […]
As the baby boom generation moves into old age, ageing audiences, and ageing actors, are increasingly drawn to King Lear which is now staged more frequently than Hamlet. This year alone we’ve already seen Timothy West’s Lear in Bristol, Don Warrington’s in Manchester and Michael Pennington’s in Northampton and later this year Glenda Jackson will play it […]
Julius Caesar, dir. Danielle Irvine, September 1, 2019 at Perchance Theatre at Cupids (NL) Reviewed by Tracy O’Brien Director Danielle Irvine had no shortage of real-world inspiration on which to draw for Perchance Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar this summer. In an era dominated by “fake news” and social media, it is easy to forget […]
