Arts funding plea as Globe warns it may not survive Covid-19 crisis | Culture | The Guardian
A call for the government to step up with urgent funding “to shore up our cultural landscape” has been made as Shakespeare’s Globe warned it faces insolvency without extra help. … Continue reading
King Lear, Shakespeare’s Globe, London, review: A naked emotional spontaneity in Kevin McNally’s fine performance | The Independent
Nancy Meckler makes her debut at Shakespeare’s Globe with this intelligent, uneven, heartfelt account of King Lear. The theme of homelessness is central to the tragedy and the production heightens our sense … Continue reading
Michelle Terry is a bold, unexpected and possibly inspired choice for Shakespeare’s Globe | Stage | The Guardian
Forget all the stuff about poisoned chalices. Running Shakespeare’s Globe is a huge opportunity and Michelle Terry strikes me as a bold, unexpected and possibly inspired choice to be the … Continue reading
Archive Review • HOLDING FIRE! • Shakespeare’s Globe • 2007
Jack Shepherd’s new play, commissioned by the Globe for this Renaissance and Revolution Season, begins with co-founder William Lovett (Peter Hamilton Dyer) addressing a meeting of the London Working Men’s … 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
An Open Letter To The Globe
There is no indication who has composed the letter below but I agree with its contents. I suspect the theatre’s board will come to regret their decision to get rid of … Continue reading
Archive Review • OTHELLO • Shakespeare’s Globe • 2007
What do you go and see Othello for? Because you are doing your A’levels and it’s a set text? Because you are visiting England and seeing some Shakespeare would seem … Continue reading
Ellen Terry with Eileen Atkins
★★★★ ‘Atkins is sublime. She is an artist at the peak of her powers. Nothing she does goes for nothing. It’s inspiring.’ The Financial Times After a sold out run during … 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
Archive Interview • Patrick Spottiswoode • Shakespeare’s Globe • 2003
Patrick Spottiswoode has one of those infectious personalities, an evangelical fervour for his project, an intelligent, insightful and determined advocate of the facilities that make up the Globe Theatre in … Continue reading
Rogues & Vagabonds 