Titus Andronicus (Action To The Word) @ C+1, Edinburgh
August 5, 2011
Writing about web page http://www.actiontotheword.com/shows.php After having seen some 250-odd performances of plays and adaptations of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, I hit something of a landmark last night – my first English-language production of Titus Andronicus, the last play in the established canon which I’d only seen in translation. Coincidentally, this was also …
Cardenio [The Second Maiden’s Tragedy] (Aporia Theatre) @ The Dell, Stratford–upon–Avon
July 31, 2011
Writing about web page http://aporiatheatre.com/Aporia%20Theatre%20Website_files/PreviousProductions.htm I must get the complaints out of the way first. Publicity materials for Aporia Theatre’s dates at the Dell in Stratford-upon-Avon announced that the company would be performing "Cardenio by Shakespeare – Fletcher – Middleton: The Alternative Text." I repeat the title used by the company; but, as I knew …
Doctor Faustus @ Shakespeare’s Globe
July 18, 2011
Writing about web page http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/on-stage/doctor-faustus The Globe’s summer season this year is surprisingly light on Shakespeare. The only two main house Shakespeares are All’s Well and Much Ado about Nothing, as well as touring versions of Hamlet and As You Like It, but a surprising proportion of the season has been new writing and, celebrating …
Being Shakespeare @ Trafalgar Studios
Writing about web page http://www.beingshakespeare.com/ My PhD supervisor, Jonathan Bate, has a play on at Trafalgar Studios at the moment, Being Shakespeare.The show is essentially a reduced version of his last book on Shakespeare, Soul of the Age, with Simon Callow delivering a talk about Shakespeare’s life and career divided into Jacques’ seven ages of …
With Will (Warwick Student Arts Festival) @ Warwick Arts Centre Studio
June 28, 2011
I’ve only managed to catch one show at this year’s Warwick Student Arts Festival – With Will, a half-hour duologue. I don’t know the names of writer, director or actors, but I can only assume it comes from the same mind that created the very similar To Will, which I caught earlier this year. The …
Dunsinane (National Theatre of Scotland/RSC) @ The Swan Theatre
It’s amusing to note that, while the Royal Shakespeare Company first produced David Greig’s Dunsinane in 2010, it only played in London; and it’s only in the National Theatre of Scotland’s staging of the RSC production that the play has finally come to Stratford-upon-Avon, after an outing at Edinburgh’s Lyceum. It’s less amusing to report …
Much Ado @ Wyndham’s Theatre
June 19, 2011
I want to make clear – I have NOT seen Much Ado about Nothing at Wyndham’s Theatre, starring Catherine Tate and David Tennant. Quite simply, I couldn’t afford it. I was also sceptical about what appeared to be a particularly cynical production aimed at the West End. The two most popular stars of the most …
Rare John Fletcher at the White Bear
June 3, 2011
And another newsworthy story, as the 21st century premiere of John Fletcher’s The Wild Goose Chase comes to the White Bear in June/July. Definitely a must-see.
The Two Noble Kinsmen in Cambridge
Writing about web page http://www.junction.co.uk/artist/3329 I just found out about this (thanks: Mervyn Capel) – a very rare production of The Two Noble Kinsmen happening in Cambridge next week. It’s a student drama group, but even so, I’d be hugely excited to get down to this. Assuming I can’t find the time, though, please do …
The Memorable Masque @ The Shakespeare Institute
May 29, 2011
The annual British Graduate Shakespeare Conference pleasingly put performance at the centre of this year’s plenary events. As well as a taster by the Institute’s performance research group for their upcoming Macbeth, we were treated to a staged reading of George Chapman’s The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln’s Inn, first performed to …
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