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Reviews: Charles III by Mike Bartlett

“King Charles III”: Uneasy May Lie the Head But Tim Pigott-Smith Reigns By Wilborn Hampton for The Huffington Post, 2 November 2015 Short of discovering a long-lost Shakespeare play, Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III is about as close as one can hope to get to a modern-day Shakespearean drama. Subtitled “a future history play,” Bartlett has crafted a dazzling and gripping piece […]

November 15, 2015 · 0 comments · Reviews
‘One audience member tried to punch an actor’: the battle to shake up Shakespeare

‘One audience member tried to punch an actor’: the battle to shake up Shakespeare

By Matt Trueman for The Guardian, 28 September 2015 Britain does Shakespeare brilliantly, but it mostly does Shakespeare a certain way. So much of our Shakespeare looks and sounds the same, with classical actors and perfect verse-speaking. House styles may differ but the starting point is the same: close textual analysis and a predetermined reading. That’s not to knock that approach. […]

October 1, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters