Patrick Stewart: my nerve-racking RSC audition with the great John Barton | Stage | The Guardian
In a cold, wet November evening in 1965, I plodded nervously across the Bancroft Gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon. I had at last been accepted to audition for the Royal Shakespeare Company, although … Continue reading
John Barton obituary | Stage | The Guardian
Through his work as a director, and above all as a teacher, John Barton, who has died aged 89, changed the way we play and hear Shakespeare. His editing and … Continue reading
Archive Book Review • PLAYING LEAR • Oliver Ford Davies • 2003
Playing Lear by Oliver Ford Davies ‘What will go next — socks or pants? The socks make you look vulnerable. And ridiculous. Yes. So it’ll be the pants?’ Oliver Ford … Continue reading
Archive Review • THE HOLLOW CROWN • Albery Theatre [RSC] • 2005
John Barton’s thought-provoking production of The Hollow Crown may be a surprising forty-five years old but its subject matter can still send shivers down the spine and invoke pity, sadness and merriment. … Continue reading
Rogues & Vagabonds 