Six-Hour Tour De Force “Hamlet” In Hamburg, Directed, With Many Ironic Self-References, By Veteran Legendary Frank Castorf
This six-hour production of Hamlet took Shakespeare’s play as the starting and end point, in...
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“Hamlet”, Teatro La Plaza, Barbican
’To be or not to be’, that is a question with a completely new ring to it in Teatro La Plaza’s...
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Unmanly Griefs: Robert Icke’s “Hamlet”
The first ten minutes of Robert Icke’s 3 ¾-hour Hamlet had me worried. Icke is a British directing...
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Fresh “Ham” at the Public
Fat Ham arrives at the Public Theater for its first live production following the Zoom staging by...
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Guide to the Classics: Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” The Everest of Literature
Although I’m wary of declaring any literary work to be the greatest ever, Shakespeare’s Hamlet...
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Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Highlights the “Claustrophobic Personal Dynamics” of Shakespeare’s Play
In a speech to the United Kingdom’s House of Commons on March 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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Four Times Shakespeare Has Inspired Stories About Robots and AI
Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and...
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“Hamlet”: A Play That Speaks to Pandemics Past and Present
I went to the theatre for the first time in 15 months to see the Theatre Royal Windsor’s new...
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The End of An Era: Goodbye and Thank-you to the Pavón Teatro Kamikaze
It’s December 22nd, not quite the night before Christmas but not far off, and the news has just...
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Adapting Tarots in Performance: LipZinc’s “Talking Tarots”
In his very famous book The Castle of the Crossed Destinies (Il castello dei destini incrociati,...
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Hamlet is Shakespeare’s Greatest Villain
Who is Shakespeare’s greatest villain? Richard III? Iago? Macbeth? They all have a claim to the...
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The Other Is Denied a Voice: Maja Kleczewska’s “Hamlet/Гамлет”
What is the role today of one of the pivotal narratives of Western culture, William Shakespeare’s...
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Performativity and Worldmaking: An Interview with Chiel M. Kattenbelt
This interview was made within the framework of the exploratory research project rethinking...
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Samuel Gallet’s “Mephisto [A Rhapsody]” at The Gate Theatre
Adaptation is too banal a word to describe the cross-fertilization of theatre and other art forms....
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Caryl Churchill’s “Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.” at the Royal Court
At the age of 81, Caryl Churchill, Britain’s greatest living playwright, is still going strong....
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Robert Icke’s “The Doctor” At The Almeida Theatre
After six years, associate director Robert Icke bids farewell to the Almeida Theatre. In this...
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Shax, The Hong Kong Theatre Group That Is Shaking Up Shakespeare
Rosalind Wong didn’t plan to win the Hecklers Award 2016 for Best Director – but she did, walking...
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Scenes of Returning: The First National Veterans Theatre Festival
The First National Veterans Theatre Festival, a partnership between the Feast of Crispian (FoC)...
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Backstage Costume Magic Of The Bolshoi’s Little Brother (Photos)
The Bolshoi Theater is known all over the world, whereas the Maly Theater, which is located...
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“Outrageous Fortune” at Greenwich Theatre
It’s 2019 and we’re in purgatory. Some (many?) might say hell, considering the late capitalist...
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