Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles’s 1948 film, which showed how imagination can turn Shakespeare’s text into more than a costume epic
With Joel Coen’s The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AMTuesday, January 18, 2022
Despite some clever reimaginings of Tartuffe, UK stages remain depressingly inattentive to one of the greatest playwrights
In France the 400th anniversary of Molière’s birth is being cele…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMTuesday, January 11, 2022
Edmond Rostand’s great romantic has drawn actors including Ralph Richardson, Antony Sher and James McAvoy to its lead role. It is a tale of glorious theatricality, glittering poetry and he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMThursday, January 6, 2022
The Scottish theatre-maker, who has died aged 79, brought us an epic 12-hour production of the Mysteries and the world premiere of Glengarry Glen Ross
Bill Bryden, who has died aged 79, was …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMThursday, December 30, 2021
In a surprisingly class-conscious stage adaptation of the HG Wells-inspired musical from the Downton Abbey creator on Sky, Charlie Stemp radiates kindly innocence
What’s in a name? Quite a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMMonday, December 13, 2021
The super-producer, celebrating his 75th birthday with a retrospective on TV, talks about the pandemic’s effect on commercial theatre – and his fury with government
Cameron Mackintosh wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMFriday, December 3, 2021
Colin Murphy’s remarkable play takes us behind closed doors as high-stakes negotiations for Irish independence take place
‘I wanna be in the room where it happens,” sings Aaron Burr in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMOne of the most gifted actors of his era, Sher – who has died aged 72 – combined psychology and a keen sense of the visual in soul-baring performances
Antony Sher, who has died at the ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, November 30, 2021
Half a century ago, Colin George faced down the doom-mongers and campaigners to bring the city a radical alternative to proscenium theatre: the open, thrust stage
Entering Sheffield’s Cruc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMMonday, November 29, 2021
Discover the musical theatre titan through the life-changing cast album of Company, Imelda Staunton’s phenomenal turn in Gypsy, birthday concerts and his essential book on lyric writing
So…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMFriday, November 5, 2021
He gained household fame on Give Us a Clue but the all-round entertainer was a world-class hoofer who could hold his own alongside Sammy Davis Jr
Lionel Blair, who has died aged 92, was that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMThursday, November 4, 2021
His complex, ambivalent plays are regularly revived – and now a campaign aims to improve the playwright’s resting place in a London cemetery
What is the best tribute to a dead playwright…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMSaturday, October 9, 2021
From Anne Enright’s novel about an actor’s daughter to the diaries of former National Theatre director Peter Hall, the theatre critic chooses his favourite titles about the stage
Theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMMonday, October 4, 2021
With three new versions on stage this month, the ancient Greek classic – and its reflections on authority and devotion – remains as compelling as ever
This October sees a rash of product…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMFriday, September 24, 2021
The much-loved Michell was renowned for a lack of ego and his understanding of the fine art of collaboration
Roger Michell, who has died aged 65, had two great qualities as a theatre directo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMTuesday, July 13, 2021
Starring in a Zoom production of the play Masks and Faces tested my acting skills – not to mention my singing
About six weeks ago a small bombshell landed in my inbox. Headed “A Job Offe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMWednesday, July 7, 2021
The duo’s shows boast catchy songs but pose problems for directors. As South Pacific and Carousel return this summer, our writer looks back on enchanted evenings with the odd couple’s mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMTuesday, June 29, 2021
A new production of King Lear, drawn from the world of opera, aims to put paid to the notion that great singers make second-rate actors. We speak to its stars
I had coffee recently with King…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMMonday, June 14, 2021
The Royal Shakespeare Company is letting the public watch the usually secret processes towards performance – from clapping games to verse sessions
The creative process normally takes place…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMMonday, April 19, 2021
On his centenary, the veteran producer recalls adding punch to Coronation Street, bringing Brideshead to the screen and his ‘turbulent’ relationship with one of the acting world’s grea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMFriday, March 19, 2021
The Royal Shakespeare Company survived establishment resistance and economic storms to become a powerhouse. How should it now change?
What’s in a name? Quite a lot, as it happens. In 1960 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMSunday, March 7, 2021
There has always been a strong affinity between acting and cricket, and my friend Alan Curtis, who has died aged 90, was a perfect example of that. He combined a long theatrical career with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMFriday, February 26, 2021
The actor, who has died aged 80, had a thriving screen career but was also a terrific stage star and an essential member of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company
Ronald Pickup, who h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMMonday, February 15, 2021
The star’s long career, from her stage debut at 15 to her film, TV and literary success, reveals a shrewd talent who has risen to many a challenge
Acting must be the best rejuvenation pill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMMonday, February 1, 2021
Theatre Royal Stratford East’s colourful history is documented in more than 100 boxes of material collected by actor Murray Melvin
It is cheering to learn that the Murray Melvin Archive, d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03PMThursday, January 7, 2021
The play Rossum’s Universal Robots clearly belongs to the 1920s but its satirical take on the meeting of humans and machines is all too relevant today
Not many plays introduce a new word t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMMonday, December 28, 2020
A new exhibition is devoted to the visual flair of a debonair playwright whose tastes are almost impossible to define
Noël Coward was the epitome of style. Fittingly that is the subject of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMFriday, December 11, 2020
The late actor took on Brecht, Falstaff and panto and will be remembered for her collaborations with Joan Littlewood
Peter Bradshaw on her film career
Fame is a funny thing. Barbara Windsor …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PMWednesday, September 9, 2020
Harwood’s witty tribute to actors’ endurance, with its echoes of King Lear, is likely to be his permanent claim on posterity
I last saw Ronald Harwood, who has died aged 85, at Harold Pi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMMonday, September 7, 2020
The giant street party has been cancelled. But there are still plans to celebrate the theatre that wowed young crowds, championed black playwrights and conjured finales from Italian cuisine
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMSunday, August 16, 2020
Our series ends with a passionate play about gender politics and women’s rights that still rings true
When Elizabeth Robins’s play was first produced in 1907, it was billed as “A Drama…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PM 
