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How Shakespeare’s great escape from the plague changed theatre

How Shakespeare’s great escape from the plague changed theatre

By James Shapiro for The Guardian, 24 September 2015 In late July 1606, in the midst of a theatrical season that included what may well be the finest group of new plays ever staged – Shakespeare’s King Lear and Macbeth, Ben Jonson’s Volpone, and Thomas Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy– Shakespeare’s company, the King’s Men, lowered their flag at the Globe theatre and locked their playhouse doors. Plague had returned. […]

October 1, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
The Changeling at Shakespeare’s Globe review: Welshman Trystan Gravelle shines in leading role

The Changeling at Shakespeare’s Globe review: Welshman Trystan Gravelle shines in leading role

By Philip Fisher for Wales Online, 22 January 2015 Using his native Welsh accent, Trystan Gravelle co-stars in this thrilling Jacobean revenge tragedy making a perfect foil for Hattie Morahan as an innocent gentlewoman turned demonic by love. The Changeling [sic] has a reputation as one of the best stage tragedies outside Shakespeare and Dominic Dromgoole’s traditional production in the […]

January 27, 2015 · 0 comments · Actors, Reviews