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 VI Part One, National Theatre Belgrade, dir. Nikita Milivojevic, 13 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Pete Orford Two things I never thought I would say about Henry VI […]
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. Macbeth, Jan Kochanowski Theatre, Opole, Poland, dir. by Maja Kleczewska, 9 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Paul Prescott, University of Warwick Warning: this review contains spoilers and nudity Halfway through […]
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. Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, dir. by David Farr, 25 April 2012 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. By Peter J Smith, Nottingham Trent University How cynical that a season […]
At the 14th annual Bharat Rang Mahotsav theatre festival in New Delhi, India, audiences had the choice of performances by companies from all over the world. Way ahead of the U.K.’s World Shakespeare Festival, this year’s BRM included, among its 93 productions in 27 languages, a Kannada-language version of Hamlet (from Karnataka in southwest India); […]
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. Richard II, Ashtar Theatre, dir. Conall Morrison, 4 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Erin Sullivan, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham The first thing we see is 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. Titus Andronicus, Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, Dir. Tang Shu-wing, 4 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Adele Lee, University of Greenwich Murder. Rape. Mutilation. Cannibalism. Titus Andronicus is […]
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. Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad, Iraqi Theatre Company, dir. Monadhil Daood, 30 April 2012 at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon By Susan Bennett, University of Calgary, and Christie […]
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. Julius Caesar, I Termini Company, dir. Andrea Barraco, 1 May 2012, at The Globe, London By Sonia Massai, King’s College London Andrea Baracco and Vincenzo Manna’s adaptation of Julius […]
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. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Yohangza Theatre Company, Dir. Jung Ung Yang, Globe Theatre, 1 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Adele Lee, University of Greenwich Contrary to most recent performances of 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. A Toroihi rāua ko Kāhiri (Troilus and Cressida), Ngākau Toa, dir. Rachel House and Jamus Webster, 23 April 2012 at The Globe, London By Catherine Silverstone, Queen Mary University of London […]
