Theatre

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Review: Anne Boleyn, Globe Theatre, London

Posted by Robin Catling ⋅ July 30, 2011 ⋅ 2 Comments

The company based at the reconstructed Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on London’s South Bank have delivered another excellent production in the finest traditions of Elizabethan/Jacobean drama. Complimenting their season of contemporary plays (Much Ado and Dr. Faustus) this modern production by British veteran playwright Howard Brenton presents the story of Henry VIII’s much maligned second wife … Continue reading »

Review: Frankenstein at the National Theatre

Posted by Sue Corsten ⋅ April 3, 2011 ⋅ Leave a Comment

Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours) directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller who alternate in the roles of Victor Frankenstein and The Creature on different nights. Mary Shelley’s gothic horror, first published in 1818 is in safe hands. Colluding with a work colleague whos saw Miller’s creature while I saw Cumberbatch in the … Continue reading »