Antony and Cleopatra
A review of the production starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman. Enthusiastic about Mirren, damning of Rickamn. Not a professional critic, but agrees with the pros!
Coriolanus
Pictures from the production at the Gainsborough Studios featuring Raph Fiennes and Linus Roache.
Current and Forthcoming Shakespearean Productions
From the Shakespeare Institute Library: a list (updated monthly) of productions by professional and amateur companies throughout the UK.
Hamlet (Peter Hall Company)
A long page of reviews for Sir Peter Hall's 1994 production with Stephen Dillane as Hamlet and Michael Pennington (Claudius/Ghost), Gwen Taylor (Gertrude), Donald Sinden (Polonius) and Gina Bellman (Ophelia).
Hamlet: A Prince Among Menaces
From the "Independent". An article by Paul Taylor about director Steven Pimlott's approach to producing "Hamlet".
The
RSC's Marathon Henry VI
Nicholas de Jong's review of this nine and a half hour production
(December 2000), directed by Michael Grandage at the Swan. From the
"Evening Standard".
Henry
VII
A site devoted to the production at the Bridewell (5th to 29th June,
2002), production by Suuzanna Rosenthal in association with The Steam
Industry: details of the production, reviews, the company, tickets
(now out of date, of course!) and how to contact them.
Alan
Howard - Playing Shakespeare
Articles, interviews etc. relating to productions of Shakespeare in
which Alan Howard has played.
Speaking Iambic Pentameter
A discussion by Oliver Gray, director of the Illyria theatre company. Interesting.
King Lear (Peter Hall Company)
A review of Hall's 1997 production, with Alan Howard as Lear and Anna Cartaret (Goneril), Jenny Quayle (Regan), Victoria Hamilton (Cordelia), Dennis Quilley (Gloucester), David Yelland (Kent), Greg Hicks (Edgar), Andrew Woodall (Edmund) and Alan Dobie (Fool).
Ian Holm as King Lear (Mobil Masterpiece Theatre)
(The TV version of the National's production) Includes some discussion of motivation. There's also a synopsis, programme notes and cast and production credits.
A Review of Ian Holm as King Lear
By Sheridan Morley, from the International Herald Tribune. The National Theatre production of 1997.
Ben Kingsley
This is a 1996 interview with Ben Kingsley about his performance as Feste in Twelfth Night, but he also talks about his participation in the famous Peter Brook 1970 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Well worth a visit.
The Merchant of Venice
The National Theatre's highly esteemed production with Henry Goodman. Available in audio and video, and requires Windows Media Player.
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Midsummer Night's Dream (RSC)
My review of the Autumn 1999 Royal Shakespeare Company production.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Review)
The "Evening Standard" review (by Nicholas de Jongh) of the Albery production starring Dawn French as Bottom. The concept of the play struck him with "all the force of a limp gimmick"!
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Review 2)
The same "Dream" (Dawn French as Bottom) but Benedict Nightingale of the "Times" liked it a bit better.
The Original Shakespeare Company
Actors in Shakespeare's day, it appears, never saw the complete script of a play - they only has their own words, plus two or three words as cues. Nor did they rehearse with the rest of the cast - the first time they came together was on the first performance. The Original Shakespeare Company attempts to recreate the original way of working. This site explains how. Fascinating!
Othello
The production by the South African Market Theatre company, directed by Janet Suzman. Available in audio and video, and requires Windows Media Player.
Richard II
Pictures from the production at the Gainsborough Studios featuring
Raph Fiennes and Linus Roache.
The RSC's
Pictures and Exhibitions Collection
The collection is a digital resource of photographs, paintings, costumes,
designs, prompt books, and records from productions from the Royal
Shakespeare Company. Supported by the New Opportunities Fund, the
anthology of pictures and exhibits is an on-line archive for students,
scholars, theatregoers and anyone interested in Shakespeare in performance.
Part of the RSC's website, but definitely worthy of a separate listing!
Shakespeare in Love
The official site for the film. It's included here because it's a good film and because there's a lot of Romeo and Juliet in it - and well performed too! An interesting site, with some interesting comments by the stars.
The Almeida's "Tempest"
Nicholas de Jong's review of the last production at the Almeida (December 2000) before its redevlopment. From the "Evening Standard".
