The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, Directed by Beth Burns for The Hidden Room, York Rite Masonic Hall, Austin TX, Sept 27 – Oct 20, 2019, reviewed on October 20, 2019 (www.hiddenroomtheatre.com). Reviewed by James Loehlin, University of Texas The Duchess of Malfi extends the Hidden Room Theatre’s project of marshalling historical performance techniques for potent contemporary […]
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 […]
