Tag: The Plague

Two Productions of “The Plague” Push the Boundary of Theatre

Posted by Molly Grogan Zolima CityMag | 5th Jun 2021 | Adaptation, China, Covid-19, Hong Kong, Review, Transmedia

The Hong Kong Arts Festival has simultaneously commissioned two provocative productions of Neil...

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After the Plague, Shakespeare Imagined a World Saved from Poison, Slander and the Evil Eye

Posted by Paul Yachnin | 12th Apr 2020 | Dramaturgy, Essay, United Kingdom

Shakespeare lived his life in plague-time. He was born in April 1564, a few months before...

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Samuel Gallet’s “Mephisto [A Rhapsody]” at The Gate Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Adaptation is too banal a word to describe the cross-fertilization of theatre and other art forms....

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“The Plague” at Arcola Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Apr 2017 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The idea of the plague has a powerful metaphorical aura. Antonin Artaud used it in his seminal...

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