Hamlet, directed by Federay Holmes and Elle While for Shakespeare’s Globe, (www.shakespearesglobe.com). The Globe Theatre, London, 17 July, 2018. Reviewed by Parker T. Gordon (University of St Andrews) For the Globe’s production of Hamlet, Michelle Terry, in the title role, delivered a focused, sober-minded performance. The character’s ‘antic disposition’ (1.5.192),[1] physically depicted through the […]
Where did Shakespeare’s money come from (Part 2)? By Dr David Fallow In an earlier post, Dr Robert Bearman put over the traditionally received view of where Shakespeare’s money came from, and how he made it. Here, Dr David Fallow, an economic historian and financial expert (University of Exeter), makes a compelling revisionist case for […]
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Measure for Measure – directed by Dominic Dromgoole for Shakespeare’s Globe at The Globe Theatre, London. July 15, 2015. Reviewed by Audrey Schaffner https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/ The Globe Theatre’s comedic, raucous, and sometimes bawdy production of Measure for Measure, which plays through October 17, effectively portrays the out-of-control Vienna in Shakespeare’s play. Literal houses of prostitution populate the […]