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Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?

Posted by Sheila T. Cavanagh | 3rd Nov 2015 | Essay, Translation, United Kingdom

An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) – southern...

Jan Kott, City Garage, and the Polish Theatre in Los Angeles

Posted by Maria Pilatowicz | 18th Jun 2015 | Essay, Los Angeles, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad

“Does anyone still read Jan Kott?” asked Michael Billington, theatre critic, in his article in The...

Staging Shakespeare’s Tragedies in Tehran: An Interview with Iranian Director Mohammad Aghebati

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 16th Jun 2015 | Directing, Interview, Iran

An Interview with Iranian Director Mohammad Aghebati Most young Americans would be hard-pressed to...

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...

Moscow’s Oddest Puppet Theater: Ambulances, Shakespeare Menus, And Lilikans

Posted by Dmitriy Romendik | 6th Jan 2015 | Puppetry, Review, Russia

At the Ten’ (Shadow’) puppet theater in Moscow, audiences can watch plays in miniature or...

Strange Fates of Shakespeare’s First Folio

Posted by Eric Rasmussen | 11th Dec 2014 | Essay, United Kingdom

The Shakespeare First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays and the sole source...

A Singing General

Posted by Iryna Chuzhynova | 10th Nov 2014 | News, Russia, Theatre and Opera

The premiere of the opera Coriolanus based on a play by Shakespeare and staged by Vlad Troitsky is...

Unifying Shakespeare: Globe Theatre’s Russian Tour Ends On Thrilling Note

Posted by Alena Karas | 7th Nov 2014 | Review, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations

Visit closes with Moscow performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. London’s Globe...

Tackling Gender Inequality On Stage Needs To Go Further Than Female Hamlets

Posted by Gail Marshall | 24th Sep 2014 | Essay, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Several British theatres have made a pledge to address the levels of gender inequality on the...

Dramaturg Glenn Saunders on the Australian Approach to the Classics

Posted by The Theatre Times | 17th Sep 2014 | Australia, Dramaturgy, News, Sydney

Freelance theatre critic and dramaturg, Glenn Saunders, writes about the unique energy of...

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,...

“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...

“Opus No.7” By Krymov To Be Performed In London

Posted by Dmitriy Romendik | 4th Jun 2014 | News, Russia, Theatre and Politics

Director and artist Dmitry Krymov’s production of Opus No.7, about the Holocaust and the...

Interview with Alberto Conejero Lopez

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 5th May 2014 | Interview, Playwriting, Spain

Alberto Conejero Lopez is a Spanish playwright and director, who has published or premiered more...

Shakespeare’s Globe: Why The Bard Travels So Well

Posted by Tony Howard | 24th Apr 2014 | Essay, Festivals, United Kingdom

We’ve been celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday week with fun, festivals, exhibitions, a cake...

Exclusive Interview with Ariel Dorfman

Posted by The Theatre Times | 7th Apr 2014 | Chile, Interview, Playwriting

We knew when we chose Chile as the first country to feature in our original Spotlight series, the...

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,...

We Need More Racial Diversity On The Stage, Both Sides Of The Pond

Posted by Tony Howard | 24th Mar 2014 | Acting, Essay, United Kingdom

In 1825 the African-American actor Ira Aldridge came to London in The Slave’s Revenge. Before...

Connecting Shakespearean “Roman Tragedies”

Posted by Christine Judith Nicholls | 10th Mar 2014 | Adaptation, Festivals, Immersive Theatre, Netherlands, Review, Theatre and Politics, Transmedia

Over six hours, three Shakespearean tragedies – Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony And...

Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?

Posted by Alisa Orlova | 3rd Aug 2013 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia

It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are...

Tag: Shakespeare

Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?

Jan Kott, City Garage, and the Polish Theatre in Los Angeles

Staging Shakespeare’s Tragedies in Tehran: An Interview with Iranian Director Mohammad Aghebati

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

Moscow’s Oddest Puppet Theater: Ambulances, Shakespeare Menus, And Lilikans

Strange Fates of Shakespeare’s First Folio

A Singing General

Unifying Shakespeare: Globe Theatre’s Russian Tour Ends On Thrilling Note

Tackling Gender Inequality On Stage Needs To Go Further Than Female Hamlets

Dramaturg Glenn Saunders on the Australian Approach to the Classics

Hugo Weaving Reveals Macbeth’s Weakness–And His Unhappiness

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

“Opus No.7” By Krymov To Be Performed In London

Interview with Alberto Conejero Lopez

Shakespeare’s Globe: Why The Bard Travels So Well

Exclusive Interview with Ariel Dorfman

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

We Need More Racial Diversity On The Stage, Both Sides Of The Pond

Connecting Shakespearean “Roman Tragedies”

Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?

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