September 18, 2020
By
Alan C. Dessen
Shakespeare productions in Summer 2017 provided several surprises. At the close of Robert Icke’s Hamlet, Andrew Scott delivered Hamlet’s final […]
May 15, 2020
By
Michael W. Shurgot
For her production of The Tempest at Seattle Shakespeare Company director Annie Lareau created a fascinating production—set in the Edwardian […]
May 15, 2020
By Mississippi State University
Whose play it is remains an open question after viewing Henry IV, Part 1 at the Globe Theatre in June […]
May 15, 2020
By
Kelly Newman O’Connor
The publicity material for Greg Doran’s current RSC Measure for Measure billed it as “Shakespeare’s #MeToo play”, and the production […]
May 15, 2020
By
Geoff Ridden
The 2019 Oregon Shakespeare Festival season included three Shakespeare plays and one adaptation, and gives us a snapshot at the […]
May 15, 2020
By
Viktorija Bezbradica
With the bleating of trumpets and the lighting of sconces, Jeff Watkins’ production of King Lear begins, immediately immersing the […]
January 8, 2020
By
Hailey Bachrach
Change is afoot at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival—climate change not least. With the increasing heat and attendant increased wildfires in […]
January 8, 2020
By
Gretchen York
Brave Spirits Theatre, a classical company in Washington, D.C. committed to articulating feminist perspectives on Shakespeare’s plays and those of […]
January 8, 2020
By
Laura Kolb
Near the end of John Webster’s The White Devil, Flaminio—who has recently murdered his brother—watches his mother’s grief transform into […]
January 8, 2020
By
Donna Brewer
The indefatigable Glenda Jackson returned to Broadway in Spring of 2019, reprising the role of King Lear in a ground-breaking […]
