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Vivacious and Unapologetic, “The Rover’s” 17th-century Feminism is Painfully Pertinent

Posted by Claire Hansen | 9th Jul 2017 | Australia, Sydney, Theatre and Gender

The Rover, now on at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney, starts unexpectedly, with long-dead 17th-century...

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Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts

Posted by Claire Hansen | 8th Nov 2015 | Australia, Directing, Review

Today, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play that haunts itself. Its saturation into cultural...

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Review: “The Merchant Of Venice,” Shakespeare’s Comedy Of Cruelty

Posted by Claire Hansen | 25th May 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

The Merchant Of Venice (first published in 1600) boasts a problematic and sometimes controversial...

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Hugo Weaving Reveals Macbeth’s Weakness–And His Unhappiness

Posted by Claire Hansen | 29th Jul 2014 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

Sydney Theatre Company’s new production of Macbeth may draw attention for its star, Hugo Weaving,...

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“Henry V” Meets The London Blitz And Brings The House Down

Posted by Claire Hansen | 16th Jun 2014 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Bell Shakespeare’s new production of William Shakespeare’s Henry V–which opened in Canberra on...

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Review: Love And War In “All’s Well That Ends Well”

Posted by Claire Hansen | 31st Mar 2014 | Australia, Directing, Review

Love is a battlefield. While Pat Benatar might have made this line her own in the 1980s,...

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