By Tanvi Mirsa for The Atlantic‘s CityLab, 9 April 2015 References to cities often make an appearance in Shakespeare’s poems and plays. Quick case in point, here’s a line from The Comedy of Errors: Farewell till then: I will go lose myself And wander up and down to view the city. To understand these references and truly appreciate The Bard’s work, it’s important to know the […]
By Astrid Zweynert for Reuters, 27 March 2015 William Shakespeare’s Globe theaters is taking on a new role as a financial trail-blazer by seeking to tap into a form of funding dominated to date by social enterprises and charities. The Globe theaters on the banks of the River Thames in London is in the early stages of preparing a five […]
By Shakespeare Magazine Time Zone Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Othello runs from 3-28 February at the historic Rose Playhouse on London’s Bankside. Returning to The Rose after acclaimed productions of The Taming of the Shrew in 2013 andOrpheus and Eurydice in 2014, Time Zone’s Othello transfers Shakespeare’s tragedy to the cityscape of modern London. Director Pamela Schermann promises “an abyss of power and intrigue, riddled with suspicion and jealousy. […]
By Ed Caesar for GQ, 20 January 2015 From Shakespeare to Steven Spielberg, the actor his peers agree is the greatest of his generation is breaking character and stepping off the stage to lend his gifts to two Hollywood blockbusters (and playing Thomas Cromwell in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall). When GQ met theatre’s star turn we found a man powered by inner conflict […]
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 […]
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