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BWW Interview: Kate Stanley Brennan

Posted on February 6, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress and singer discusses her role in The White Devil at Shakespeare’s Globe. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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Ten great plays within plays

Posted on August 26, 2015 by mkmswain

To coincide with the opening of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good at the National Theatre, here are 10 great examples of the play-within-a-play, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy to groundbreaking work from Stoppard, Pirandello, Weiss and Brecht. Read my full National Theatre article here

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