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“The Merchant of Venice”: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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Tom Bolton on the South Bank.   The Merchant of Venice is seen as a problematic play but, increasingly, it

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“Hamlet”, Guildford Shakespeare Company

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Jeremy Malies in Surrey A boozy Elsinore this – any critic (and we’re not noted for sobriety) playing drink-along-a-Hamlet would

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“The Comedy of Errors”: Barbican

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Tom Bolton in the City of London Like all theatre companies, the Royal Shakespeare Company has experienced a tough 18

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“Hamlet”: Young Vic

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Jeremy Malies in Waterloo The Young Vic’s Hamlet starring Cush Jumbo was one of the hottest tickets in London this

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“The Tragedy of Macbeth”: Almeida Theatre

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Neil Dowden in north London For one of Shakespeare’s shortest plays three hours’ running time may seem excessive, overstretching what

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“Romeo & Juliet”: Globe

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Jef Hall-Flavin: Pandemic life has given us new ways of experiencing drama in our living rooms, but there’s nothing like

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“Twelfth Night”: Globe

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Julie Sorokurs on the South Bank. Sean Holmes’ production of Twelfth Night washed up on the shores of the Thameside

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“Hamlet”: Theatre Royal, Windsor

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Jeremy Malies in Berkshire Harold Bloom said that Hamlet is of no genre whatsoever, so I guess nothing should faze

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“Romeo and Juliet”: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

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Julie Sorokurs in central London. Director Kimberley Sykes’ production of Romeo and Juliet premiered at the central London landmark of

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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Shakespeare’s Globe

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Julie Sorokurs at A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare’s Globe A revival of Sean Holmes’s carnivalesque 2019 production of A Midsummer

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“Henry VI” and “Richard III”

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Julie Sorokurs on London’s South Bank   Shakespeare’s history play cycles conclude their run at Shakespeare’s Globe this winter with

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“Macbeth”: Guildford Shakespeare Company

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I thought I’d seen everything in 40 years of theatre reviewing but Macbeth by the Guildford Shakespeare Company at Holy

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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” x3

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Neil Dowden at A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bridge Theatre, Globe Theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) This summer London has

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The Winter’s Tale: Goodman Theatre

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Lawrence Bommer in Chicago Shakespeare’s strange late romance The Winter’s Tale begins with gratuitous jealousy and ends with gratuitous forgiveness.

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“The Henriad”: Shakespeare’s Globe

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Eva de Valk at Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 and Henry V Shakespeare’s Globe A leader struggles to legitimize

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“Henry IV” Part 1 & 2 and Henry V

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Eva de Valk at Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 and Henry V Shakespeare’s Globe A leader struggles to legitimize

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“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Shakespeare’s Globe

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Eva de Valk at The Merry Wives of Windsor (Globe Theatre) The summer season at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is a

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“King Lear”: Thalia Theatre, Hamburg

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Jakob Hingst in Hamburg at König Lear (Deutsches Schauspielhaus) A modern and contemporary production of Shakespeare’s King Lear inevitably faces

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“Julius Caesar”: Bridge Theatre

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Neil Dowden at Julius Caesar (Bridge Theatre) For the second play in the opening season of the new Bridge Theatre,

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“Hamlet”: Brighton

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Much of my summer was spent watching outdoor Shakespeare and it often seemed improbable that first-rate productions could, as Claudius

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“The Merchant of Venice”: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Shakespeare 

“The Merchant of Venice”: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Tom Bolton on the South Bank.   The Merchant of Venice is seen as a problematic play but, increasingly, it

“Hamlet”, Guildford Shakespeare Company
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“Hamlet”, Guildford Shakespeare Company

“The Comedy of Errors”: Barbican
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“The Comedy of Errors”: Barbican

“Hamlet”: Young Vic
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“Hamlet”: Young Vic

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“Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage”
Book review 

“Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage”

Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage  John Schad and Fred Dalmasso Palgrave Macmillan Reviewed by Dana Rufolo I

“The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage”
Book review 

“The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage”

“Shakespeare in a Divided America”
Book review 

“Shakespeare in a Divided America”

“The Price of Bread”: Crysse Morrison
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“The Price of Bread”: Crysse Morrison

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Adelaide Festival 2022
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