Chariots of Fire actor Ben Cross dies aged 72 – BBC News
Actor Ben Cross, who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72. His representatives said he had … Continue reading
Terry Hands obituary
Artistic director of the RSC, who co-founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and revived the Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Terry Hands, who has died aged 79, spent more time with and did … Continue reading
Irresistible: Cumberbatch, Essiedu, Tenant, Minchin, Walter, McKellen, Kinnear, Dench & Hamlet
Irresistible.
Archive Review • THE ISLAND PRINCESS • RSC @ Gielgud Theatre • 2002
The Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, reverberates with the steady heady hypnotic throb of a gamelan orchestra, sounds that conjure exotic images of eastern temples and mysterious religious ritual. Three … Continue reading
Discord and dismay | The Shakespeare blog
It’s been a bad-tempered sort of week for those who take an interest in Shakespeare. On Sunday 23rd October actor and former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Mark Rylance launched … Continue reading
Archive Interview • PETER EYRE • Richard II @ The Old Vic Theatre, London • 2005
Peter Eyre languorously tucks into his toasted cheese Panini, snatching a lunch break between rehearsals of Trevor Nunn’s latest production at the Old Vic, Richard II. Just down the road … Continue reading
Archive Book Review • SHAKESPEARE AND CO. by Stanley Wells • 2007
Shakespeare and Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story In the 1616 Folio of Ben Jonson’s Workes, published seven … Continue reading
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Archive Review • RICHARD II, HENRY IV Parts I & II • RSC Courtyard Theatre • 2007
Following the triumphant staging by Michael Boyd of the First Tetralogy – Henry VI Part I, II and III andRichard III – in 2006, the company returns to the Courtyard … Continue reading
Archive Interview • DAVID RINTOUL • RSC • 2003 #Actor
David Rintoul lounges comfortably with a cold Guinness in the leather-clad cosiness of a Teatro Club armchair. Outside, the first bitter chill of winter braces the Shaftesbury Avenue London air. … Continue reading
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Archive Review • MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING • RSC @ Novello Theatre • 2006
‘Tis the season of Panto – of gaudy Dames, Coronation Street starlets in breeches, and the promise of a shave-cream pie in the face. Yet a few brave parents and … Continue reading
Royal Shakespeare Company’s plans for 2016 | The Shakespeare blog
All the large Shakespeare organisations are celebrating the four-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016 with events to show that Shakespeare is universal, appealing to people of all ages and … Continue reading
Archive Interview • ISHIA BENNISON • Cymbeline • RSC • 2003
Ishia Bennison has one of the most infectious laughs in the business: a deep, throaty gurgle that can have you giggling in an instant. She has been around longer than … Continue reading
Archive Interview • CORIN REDGRAVE • Pericles • 2005
As you may have seen in the news [2005], the actor Corin Redgrave is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack while speaking in support of … Continue reading
The outrageous fortune of Benedict Cumberbatch | Stage | The Guardian
Originally posted on The Guardian. Twenty years ago, while he was still at school, Benedict Cumberbatch had his first chance to star in Hamlet. But, remembers Harrow drama teacher Martin Tyrell, … Continue reading
Quote • HELEN McCRORY • RSC Type
‘…she is identifiably an RSC type, the small, punchy actress with a voice that can coat a back wall in honey from 100 paces… You already sense that McCrory, aged … Continue reading
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Archive Review • ROMEO AND JULIET • RSC @ Albery Theatre • 2004
Designer Simon Daw has provided a simple cream-coloured box for Peter Gill’s production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He has decorated its flaking stucco walls with fragmented blue images of Italian … Continue reading
Royal Shakespeare Company Hit ‘Wolf Hall’ Moves to Broadway with Original Stars
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
The History Girls: Cromwell at the Swan by Mary Hoffman
Reblogged from The History Girls: Cromwell at the Swan by Mary Hoffman. Achieving the impossible – a review of the RSC productions of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies When I … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA • Barbican Pit • 2008
The Brazilian creative venture founded by the actor Guti Fraga, Nós do Morro, explodes into the Barbican Pit space with its heady, energetic and youthful adaptation of The Two Gentlemen … Continue reading
Quote • Hugh Bonneville • RSC
“I would still be [at the RSC] now if Adrian Noble had asked me to stay. I was in seventh heaven when I was at Stratford. I wanted to go … Continue reading
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