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Tag Archives: tragedy
Medea, @sohoplace
Sophie Okonedo takes on the patriarchy in this spellbinding staging. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged ben daniels, dominic cooke, drama, london, medea, play, review, soho place, sophie okonedo, theatre, tragedy, west end
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Phaedra, National Theatre
Janet McTeer gives an unmissable performance in Simon Stone’s blistering modern update. Read my full London Theatre review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged comedy, drama, janet mcteer, london, london theatre, mackenzie davies, national theatre, paul chahidi, phaedra, play, review, simon stone, theatre, tragedy
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A complete guide to the history of Romeo and Juliet
Ahead of a new version at the National, learn more about the origins and many adaptations of Shakespeare’s play. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, baz luhrmann, book tickets, dance, dancing, drama, film, franco zeffirelli, london, london theatre, movie, musical, national theatre, play, romance, romeo and julie, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, theatre, tragedy, west end, west side story
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A guide to Shakespeare’s Globe
From its history and past productions to its current exciting season. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged audience, book tickets, comedy, drama, globe, groundling, guide, henry VIII, history, joan, julius caesar, king lear, london, london theatre, mark rylance, much ado about nothing, play, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, theatre, tragedy, what to wear
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Gloria, Hampstead Theatre
American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins asserts that the nightmarish workplace depicted in Gloria bears little resemblance to his time at the New Yorker, but that tension between truth and imagination adds a nicely meta layer to this spiky portrait of the … Continue reading
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Tagged brandon jacobs-jenkins, broadwayworld, colin morgan, ellie kendrick, gloria, hampstead theatre, london, magazine, media, office, play, review, theatre, tragedy, work
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Ten great plays set in summer
To coincide with the opening of Three Days in The Country, Patrick Marber’s new adaption of Turgenev, I’ve rounded up 10 other great plays set in the summer, from bucolic romance and adolescent yearning to fiery conflict and family combustion. Read my … Continue reading
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10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens
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
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