The Taming of The Shrew, directed by Justin Audibert, at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, Stratford upon Avon, March 11th and 12th 2019 www.rsc.org.uk/the-taming-of-the-shrew/ By Jeannie Farr and Sonia Perello ‘1590s. England is a matriarchy.’ An invitation to historical, meta-theatrical reflection, or the product of careless thinking (the setting being Italy), thus this production presents an […]
The Provoked Wife by John Vanbrugh, directed by Phillip Breen, at the RSC, Stratford upon Avon, May 2019. Or, Why good comedy takes time. Reviewed by Lucia Deyi, University of Birmingham. With a running time that scares most audiences even if they are used to Shakespeare performances, the RSC’s current production of The Provoked Wife has […]
Richard II, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins for the Almeida Theatre (https://almeida.co.uk/). The Almeida Theatre, London, 9 January, 2019. Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson Two popular casting trends in recent years of Shakespeare productions are star-driven—in which a major star, often from film or television, plays the main role—and small cast—in which a cast much smaller […]
Timon of Athens by Teatro Praga at the Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019 Reviewed by Francesca Rayner After years of non-performance in Portugal, Timon of Athens has been produced twice in the past few years; firstly in a production directed by Nuno Cardoso in 2018 and now in 2019 in a performance […]
A Warning for Fair Women, Directed by Brent Griffin, Resurgens Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA, USA. November 20, 2018. Reviewed by Meg F. Pearson, University of West Georgia Southern enthusiasts of non-Shakespearean drama enjoy an embarrassment of riches from the Resurgens Theatre Company. The company is devoted to original productions and the verse dramas of Shakespeare’s […]
Hamlet, directed by Sheri Lee Miller, with original soundscape by Nancy Hayashibara, Spreckels Theatre Company, at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center, Rohnert Park, California Reviewed by John Langdon The California wine country is not London, Chicago, or New York, and there aren’t always as many options for Shakespearean playgoers. To be sure, dedicated companies are […]
Love’s Labour’s Lost, directed by Bronwyn Barnwell, at The Shakespeare Institute, February 2019 Reviewed by Sara Marie Westh There is a part of Love’s Labour’s Lost I never liked. It is not the ending – I rather like that no one gets off easy. It is not the weird Russian masquerade either – it is […]
Othello, Dir. Kate Buckley for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Anes Studio Theatre, Cedar City, Utah, Sept. 8, 2018. Reviewed by Porter Lunceford (Weber State University) The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Othello was put on this year as part of the theme of tolerance. “The idea of intolerance and the adverse effects of intolerance on humanity runs […]
Love’s Labour’s Lost; directed by Dan Swern for Shake and Bake Theatre, New York City, New York, 22 Dec 2018. Reviewed by Kelsey Ridge (University of Birmingham) Shake and Bake’s Off-Broadway production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, staged in the round, is not what anyone would think of as “Shakespeare how it’s meant to be done.” […]
