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Hace 5 días · Reframing Shakespeare’s tale of murder and court intrigue as an indictment of toxic masculinity, this bold, uneven version – directed by Elle While and starring Globe artistic director Michelle...
Hace 5 días · New ‘Richard III’ Raises an Old Question: Who Should Wear the Crown? A production at the Shakespeare’s Globe theater faced criticism because a nondisabled actor plays the scheming king.
Hace 4 días · The character of Richard III, in any interpretation, has a macabrely engrossing comedy, and the Globe’s artistic director Michelle Terry proved an adept on drawing that out here. There were plentiful textual interpolations, mainly comparing the toxic masculinity of the last Plantagenet monarch with that of the last (for now) US president.
Hace 5 días · As a Shakespearean actor, Terry really is as good as it gets. Her Richard has villainous blood running through his veins. She bounces from an all smiling pretence to devious asides without a...
Hace 5 días · The Globe’s artistic director, who faced a storm of protest for taking on the role, is terrific in this vibrant feminist reinterpretation. Shakespeare’s Richard III has been dogged by ...
Hace 4 días · London Theatre.co.uk: *** “But, for the most part, Richard III offers up stinging comedy at the hands of a talented and diverse cast, guaranteeing a laugh even during its darkest moments.” Evening Standard : *** “This is a thoughtful provocation to the all-male Globe productions of the distant and recent past, and to the implication that Richard’s psychopathy is expressed in his body.
Hace 5 días · It is a bold creative choice to cut the line “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse” from Richard III, but it’s far from the most notable decision in Shakespeare’s Globe’s latest staging of Shakespeare’s English history play.
