Category: RST

Much Ado about Love’s Labour’s Lost and Won (RST, September 2014 to March 12th 2015)

I thought that the RSC’s idea to pair  Love’s Labour’s Lost with Much Ado About Nothing was an interesting one, and provided an opportunity to explore the two plays together.  The rationale behind this decision was that Much Ado About Nothing must be the lost play, Love’s Labour’s Won, and so the RSC called it’s production of Much…

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‘…all hail!’ to me? So Judas did to Christ..’ (Revisiting Richard II, RST and Barbican, October 27th to Wednesday 8th January 2014).

The post contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen this production yet and don’t want to know about some of the production’s surprises, then it is best not to read this post. Having seen this production again in Stratford after the Previews had taken place and then at the Barbican, I have had more time…

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Top Lists of 2013

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…

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Places and Spaces and the play of two halves. The Winter’s Tale (Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Grand Opera House, York)

Much has been made of the thrust stage in the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST)  and how it would change the way the RSC approached its productions. I was particularly fascinated by the way that a production could be developed for both a thrust stage and a proscenium arch tour. That’s why I wanted to see…

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The new RSC Hamlet is out of joint? (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 14th and 15th March 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…

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David Tennant returns to the RSC to play Richard II

At a Press Conference in London today, the Royal Shakespeare Company announced its five-year strategy and its Winter 2013 season.  The headline announcement was that David Tennant will return to the RSC to play Richard II in their 2013 Winter Season. The news, though exciting to hear officially, had been circulating for some time.   Richard II will be a short six-week  run in Stratford from…

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2012

2012 was the year that I kept thinking, I will blog about that and then never got round to it.  I always wanted to write some longer pieces on some of the productions, but I put it off, because I am working on a larger project that is taking up my time at the moment.…

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