Shakespeare in the Sahara: Julius Caesar at the RSC
The plot to kill and overthrow Julius Caesar took place in 44 BC. Disorder, despotic leaders and epidemic disease are things which Britain bid goodbye …
Posts tagged Shakespeare
The Hollow Crown: BBC’s Cultural Olympiad
The Hollow Crown is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Henriad’ which follows the story of the three English kings, from the downfall of Richard II to …
A Tale to finish Winter with: Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale at EUSC
The Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company is the real deal. I shamefully never got to any of the student productions at my native Imperial College, so …
Now Showing: Coriolanus
The first scenes are a bit of a shock as we watch a CNN-like news update about war between Rome and the Volscian nation. I …
Shakespeare the Yogi
What do Shakespeare and yoga have in common? Both are very old. Shakespeare is 500 years old; yoga is five thousand years old. Both are …
Richard II at the Donmar Warehouse, December 2011
Here lies the end of an era – both on and off stage. Richard II as King of England and Michael Grandage as artistic director …