Mad world! mad kings! mad composition! After seeing the Globe’s production of King John, two images came to mind. The first image is the Globe’s promotional video for its exhibition which shows an inquisitive Anjana Vasan entering the Globe and as she enters the place explodes with characters from the plays. In the video, if…
(Photo shows Alex Waldmann as Jasper and Paul Rider as Old Merrythought in The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Photo by Alastair Muir) I would say that a visit to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is a delightful experience. Without doubt, it is a beautiful little theatre, with its oak interior and the candelabra hanging over the…
Top Shakespeare 1. All’s Well That Ends Well, (RSC RST and Theatre Royal Newcastle). 2. As You Like It (RSC, RST and Theatre Royal Newcastle). 3. Titus Andronicus (RSC, Swan Theatre). 4. Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse). 5. The Taming of the Shrew (Propeller, Newcastle Theatre Royal) 6. Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios). 7. Richard II (RSC, RST and…
All’s Well That Ends Well isn’t performed very often, so it is always really a refreshing change from the normal schedule when a production comes along. After seeing Marianne Elliot’s stunning fairy tale version at the national a few years ago, it is hard to envisage how the play might be staged without the fairy…
Read more All’s Well That End’s Well (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 25th July 2013)
I saw the latest Royal Shakespeare Company Hamlet in previews and I am sure that by the Opening/Press night, the production will have changed considerably since I first saw it. What struck me was on the two nights that I was in the audience was that there were standing ovations on both nights which suggests…
Read more The new RSC Hamlet is out of joint? (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 14th and 15th March 2013)
Julie Raby 