Shakespeare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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