Henry V dir. John-Robert Partridge for Tread the Boards Theatre Company at the Attic Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, England, April 2017. Reviewed by Sara Marie Westh, University of Birmingham. I should begin this review by admitting that Henry V is my favourite Shakespeare play. In the current political climate, a highly jingoistic tale about English […]
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 […]
Macbeth at the Manchester International Festival, live cinema transmission, 20 July 2013. The National Theatre Live series of digitally transmitted theatre performances sits somewhere between film, TV and theatre. It’s live, like theatre, and it goes into cinemas to provide some sense of a theatre-like shared experience with an audience but the live event is mediatised via a […]
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. What did people make of Shakespeare’s role in the ‘Isles of Wonder’ Olympic Opening Ceremony last night? Here are some thoughts from Twitter – you can add your voice to […]
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. Henry V, dir. Thea Sharrock, 21 July 2012 on BBC 2 By Pete Orford Hmm. Henry V was always going to be a bit of a deal breaker here. While the […]
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. Two Roses for Richard III, Companhia Bufomecânica (in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company), dir. Cláudio Baltar and Fabio Ferreira, 23 May 2012 at the Roundhouse Theatre, London By Sonia Massai, […]
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. By Alexa Alice Joubin, George Washington University Can Shakespeare’s plays give a “local habitation” to the “airy nothing” of globalization? Shakespeare is proclaimed, once again, the bearer of […]
