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Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare’s Globe)
William Houston (Titus Andronicus ); Indira Varma (Tamora ); Obi Abili (Aaron ); Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Lavinia ); Ian Gelder (Marcus Andronicus ); Matthew Needham (Saturninus ); Stefan Donnelly (Bassianus/Clown); Dyfan Dwyfor (Lucius );
"You leave the theatre feeling both harrowed to the marrow and disconcertingly elated." (The Daily Telegraph)
Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Gavin Fowler (Troilus); Amber James (Cressida); Adjoa Andoh (Ulysses); Theo Ogundipe (Ajax); Ewart James Walters (Priam); Andy Apollo (Achilles); Oliver Ford Davies (Pandorus);
"Sweeping and confident production of Shakespeare's rarely performed tragedy." (The Evening Standard ★★★★)
Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Dinita Gohil (Viola); Kara Tointon (Olivia); Adrian Edmondson (Malvolio); Esh Alladi (Sebastian); Nicholas Bishop (Orsino); Vivien Parry (Maria); Giles Taylor (Antonio); Michael Cochrane (Sir Andrew Aguecheek); John Hodgkinson (Sir Toby Belch);
"Sumptuous romp is a festive season treat ... Heavens, this does look lovely. The RSC has gone all-out on a sumptuous design (three cheers for Simon Higlett). An unending delight; John Hodgkinson is a deliciously mercurial Sir Toby and Michael Cochrane’s Sir Andrew is cherishable." (Evening Standard ★★★★)
Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Joshua Lacey (Orsino); Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Viola); Katy Owen (Malvolio); Marc Antolin (Sir Andrew Aguecheek); John Pfumojena (Sebastian); Carly Bawden (Maria); Nandi Bhebhe (Fabian); Le Gateau Chocolat (Feste); Tony Jayawardena (Sir Toby Belch); Pieter Lawman (Antonio);
"Twelfth Night reserves its sharpest barbs for purists and puritans. The humiliation of Malvolio, with his rule-bound antipathy to everything the play celebrates – excesses of music and food and love – is its abiding image. Rarely can that theme have seemed as pointed as in Emma Rice’s life-loving production at the Globe. Rice finds in Twelfth Night a brilliant reminder that, set against love and life, melancholy can be a little overrated." (The Guardian ★★★★)
The Globe Collection - Shakespeare 400 (Shakespeare's Globe)
Stephen Fry (Malvolio (Twelfth Night)); Mark Rylance (Olivia (Twelfth Night)); Roger Allam (Falstaff (Henry IV); Prospero (The Tempest)); Jamie Parker (Hal (Herny IV); Henry V; Oliver (As you like it)); Samantha Spiro (Katherina (The Taming of the Shrew); Lady Macbeth); Catherine Bailey (Portia (Julius Caesar)); Eve Best (Beatrice (Much ado about Nothing); Cleopatra); Jessie Buckley (Miranda (The Tempest)); Dominic Rowan (Henry VIII; Touchstone (As you like it)); Naomi Frederick (Rosalind (As you like it)); William Houston (Titus Andronicus); Miranda Raison (Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII));
"... it is difficult to imagine that Twelfth Night could be performed more effectively than it currently is at the Globe theatre ..." (The Guardian)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare's Globe)
Christopher Benjamin (Sir John Falstaff); Philip Bird (Dr. Caius); Sue Wallace (Mistress Quickly); Gregory Gudgeon (Nym); Michael Garner (George Page); Serena Evans (Meg Page);
"This revival of Christopher Luscombes lively 2008 production is the perfect addition to the Globes 2010 Kings and Rogues season and is arguably the most accessible to a contemporary audience." (The Stage)