Tag Archives: the seagull

Labour of Love leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on September 28, 2017 by mkmswain

From James Graham’s political drama to immersive Agatha Christie and the unveiling of a new venue. Read my full BroadwayWorld article 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

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged absurdist, act, acting, alan bennett, apartheid, australia, best, brecht, britten, caucasian chalk circle, chekhov, communist, convict, criminal, de sade, drama, epic theatre, farce, farquhar, fugard, great, guard, hamlet, kyd, marat, marat/sade, metatheatre, michael frayn, national theatre, noises off, our countrys good, peter weiss, pirandello, play, play within a play, plays within plays, restoration comedy, revenge tragedy, revolution, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, shakespeare, six characters in search of an author, soldier, south africa, Stoppard, the habit of art, the island, The Recruiting Officer, the seagull, the spanish tragedy, theatre, timberlake wertenbaker, top 10, w h auden | Leave a comment

Bold Chekhov for our times

Posted on July 3, 2015 by mkmswain

Art imitates life in Chekhov’s tale of parasitic creatives, and on opening night in Regent’s Park, the reverse also came to pass when a resident moorhen waddled over to greet the dead seagull. It’s a compliment to Matthew Dunster, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged acting, actor, actress, adaptation, book, celebrity, chekhov, famous, ham and high, hamlet, hampstead and highgate express, janie dee, jon bausor, london, mirror, north london, novel, open air, park, play, regents park, review, russia, russian, seagull, shakespeare, star, the bard, the seagull, theatre, torben betts, writer, writing | Leave a comment

The Seagull, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Posted on June 25, 2015 by mkmswain

Hamlet instructs his players to hold “the mirror up to nature”, advice taken literally in this arresting 120-year anniversary staging of Chekhov’s homage to the Bard. Jon Bausor’s set is dominated by a vast angled mirror, offering an appropriately bird’s-eye … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, art, bird, celebrity, chekhov, drama, fame, hamlet, janie dee, london, mirror, mother, open air theatre, park, play, playwright, puck, regents park, review, russia, seagull, shakespeare, son, the arts desk, the bard, the seagull, theartsdesk, theatre, torben betts, writer, writing | Leave a comment

10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens

Posted on October 16, 2014 by mkmswain

Fresh from global domination with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, currently garnering rapturous reviews on Broadway, inexhaustible playwright and adaptor Simon Stephens has swapped Mark Haddon for Anton Chekhov and a new version of The Cherry Orchard, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a doll's house, adapt, adaptation, anton chekhov, aristotle, birdland, book, brecht, carrie cracknell, chekhov, christmas, christopher hampton, comedy, david lan, drama, fiction, first world war, ibsen, interview, ivanov, john donnelly, katie mitchell, leonard cohen, london, lyric hammersmith, mark haddon, michael frayn, play, playwright, q and a, raymond carver, royal court, russia, russian, russian revolution, sean holmes, shakespeare, short story, simon stephens, story, the cherry orchard, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, the seagull, theatre, three sisters, tom stoppard, tragedy, uncle vanya, white bear, world war one, write, writer, writing, ww1, young vic | Leave a comment

Uncle Vanya, St James Theatre

Posted on October 14, 2014 by mkmswain

Purists may take issue with Anya Reiss’s incursion into the classics – having already tackled The Seagull and Three Sisters, she’s now turned her dogged 21st-century gaze on Uncle Vanya – but Reiss’s adaptation, though fresh and punchy, in fact is … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adaptation, anya reiss, chekhov, country, dick van dyke, drama, eco, family, farm, feminism, green, john hannah, london, modern, overpopulation, play, resources, review, rural, russia, russian, st james theatre, the arts desk, the seagull, theartsdesk, theatre, three sisters, uncle vanya, updating | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: the seagull

Labour of Love leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Ten great plays within plays

Bold Chekhov for our times

The Seagull, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens

Uncle Vanya, St James Theatre

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