Richard III @ Garriott’s Curtain Theatre, Austin, Texas, 2016History

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 […]

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Richard II @ Shakespeare’s Globe, London, 2015History

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 […]

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 […]

Cymbeline (Shakespeare’s Globe) @ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, 2016Comedy

Performed by Emily Barber (Imogen), Calum Callaghan (Cloten), Trevor Fox (Pisanio), Darren Kuppan (Arviragus), Christopher Logan (Cornelius), Joseph Marcell (Cymbeline), Pauline McLynn (Queen), Eugene O’Hare (Iachimo), Brendan O’Hea (Belarius), Jonjo O’Neill (Posthumus), Dharmesh Patel (Soothsayer, Philario), Tika Peucelle (Mother, Helen), Paul Rider (Caius Lucius), and Sid Sagar (Guiderius). Directed by Sam Yates. Music composed by […]

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 – […]

King Lear @ Belmont University’s Troutt Theatre, Nashville, TN, 2016Tragedy

King Lear by The Nashville Shakespeare Festival, at Belmont University’s Troutt Theatre, Nashville, TN Reviewed by Amy W. Grubbs For over twenty-seven years the Nashville Shakespeare Festival has been bringing professional productions of Shakespeare to middle Tennessee. They offer a free production at the end of summer in Nashville’s beautiful Centennial Park and a […]

King Lear (Cork Shakespearean Company) @ the Unitarian Church, Cork, 2015Tragedy

Review of King Lear directed by Sinéad Dunphy and Declan Wolfe for the Cork Shakespearean Company at the Unitarian Church, Cork. 30th October 2015 Reviewed by Edel Semple (e.semple@ucc.ie), University College Cork The advertising poster for the Cork Shakespearean Company’s production of King Lear promised a Lear “as you have never seen him before”. Our initial […]

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