Macbeth

Micheal Billington has written an interesting article on Macbeth with particular reference to performances in England. You can read it here.

Tom Hiddleston as Hamlet

Here’s a review of Tom Hiddleston as Hamlet in a London production which runs for only three weeks at the 160 seat RADA theatre. All the tickets were sold weeks ago by ballot.

Romeo and Juliet: vandalized at the Globe

“This risible production butchers the language, turns Juliet into a squawking, pampered princess and makes everyone dance to the Village People.” That is Michael Billington’s verdict on the production of Romeo and Juliet and the Globe in London. You can read his full review here.

Hamlet production at Almeida 2017

” Robert Icke’s version at the Almeida is cool, clever, chic and has some good ideas, but also some that strike me as eccentrically wrong-headed” (Michael Billington in The Guardian). Click here for the full review.

The Tempest at Stratford-upon-Avon

Simon Russell Beale’s Prospero receives high praise in this review in the Guardian. The production is also notable for its use of digital technology.

Cymbeline at the Globe

The current production of Cymbeline at the Globe is a “reworking of Cymbeline, ‘renamed and reclaimed’ as Imogen and brought into the cold light of modern gangland Britain.” For the remainder of this Telegraph review, click here.

King John

For a review of a revival of King John, directed by Trevor Nunn at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, click here.

Glenda Jackson to play King Lear

Glenda Jackson, after years away from the stage as a Member of Parliament, is set to play King Lear. See the story here.

The War of the Roses

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1963 production of The War of the Roses is to be shown at the Barbican in London during January 2016. You can read all about it here.

Milestones

Shakespeare’s Diary will soon pass two milestones: the 20,000th visitor and 70,000 views of the various posts!