In 2011, the sublime was a popular topic of discussion. At the National Theatre there was Frankenstein and in the John Martin exhibition at the Tate, the sublime was on show in a spectacular way. The John Martin exhibition was my favourite exhibition of the year. The epic was presented on grand canvases, but what…
For one week in February, when you walked up to the West Yorkshire Playhouse you would have been confronted by two large poster images of David Oluwale and Othello (Lenny Henry). I’m not sure whether it was a deliberate decision for the West Yorkshire Playhouse to put on The Hounding of David Oluwale and Othello…
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)
Julie Raby 