Theatre: Shakespeare 1. Romeo and Juliet (RSC). 2. King Lear (RSC). 3. As You Like It (West Yorkshire Playhouse). 4. Measure for Measure (Almeida). 5. The Winter’s Tale (RSC/Roundhouse). 6. Henry IV part 2 (Globe). 7. Macbeth (Globe). 8. Antony and Cleopatra (RSC). 9. Antony and Cleopatra (Liverpool Playhouse). 10. Hamlet (The Crucible, Sheffield). 11.…
I thought that the death of the character Jack Duckworth was a lovely piece of television drama. British soap is usually supposed to be a reflection of gritty reality. This week, the programme moved the audience from a familiar situation to the unfamiliar without the audience having an immediate awareness that this had happened. Coronation…
I have managed to watch all the Torchwood episodes this week thanks to the magic of Sky +. I must admit I was gripped and had to catch up because of watching open air Shakespeare for a couple of evenings (see other blog entries). It was enormously difficult to avoid spoilers (especially now I twitter,…
Read more Torchwood and Coronation Street (w/c 6th July 2009)
I think I was really pleased that Law and Order was on last night, because I am finding that Coronation Street is really struggling to keep me interested. Ken is seeing another woman again. Tina is lying for David again. There’s a new boss at the Factory again. Steve McDonald has moved a woman into…
Read more Coronation Street, Law and Order, Who Do You Think You Are? (February 23rd 2009)
Carla said during the episode of Coronation Street last night: “The lady protest too much. Methinks.” So there is a Hamlet connection. As the programme developed the storyline, it wasn’t Hamlet that I felt it was alluding to but Richard III. As the evil Tony admits to his murders and then tries to bare his…
Read more Richard III (ITV 1, Coronation Street, 6th February 2009)
Ok I said I was getting a little fed up with the ‘Tony is a murderer’ Coronation Street story line yesterday, but it was a great cliff hanger tonight. Just like Emilia in Othello, Carla is out to expose her husband for the rat he is. We all know what happened in Othello, so a…
Read more Is Carla Emilia? (ITV1, Coronation Street, 4th February 2009)
The death of a close relative has made her mad. She is desperately trying to find find out if her Brother in Law has killed her husband. Could Maria Connor be the Hamlet of the 2009s? OK it might be pushing the link somewhat but there are connections which can be made. The difference though…
Read more Is Maria like Hamlet (ITV1, Coronation Street, 2nd February 2009)
Julie Raby: A Dyslexic Writer 