Celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday
The 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth on 23rd April has prompted a year of national…
Browsing: Shakespeare
Ellen Terry with Eileen Atkins
“Atkins captivates the theatre from start to finish with a robust, intelligent and occasionally impish performance…”
Twelfth Night at Hampstead Theatre
“For some, the “comedy” in Shakespeare’s comedies often seems arcane. Either it’s wrapped up in linguistic mystery or it relies too heavily on puerility.”
(S)he is a Dreamer: Julius Caesar
“I found myself at the Donmar Warehouse, preparing to watch Phyllida Lloyd’s Julius Caesar – arguably the most masculine of Shakespeare’s plays – performed by an all-female cast.”
Drinking with Shakespeare
To drink, or not to drink, that is the question. Allow me to lead you in digesting tragedy with whisky until things look a little rosier (with apologies, in advance, to William Shakespeare)…
The Winter Of My Content: A Seasonal Serenade
The wisemen had predicted it but still the people, unbelieving, turned their faces upwards, in…