Ralph Davis
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Othello – Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Ola Ince Sometimes updating old plays makes them sing in exciting new ways, and brings out…
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The Tempest – Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Sean Holmes The Tempest is hardly recognisable in Sean Holmes’s sharp and funny production opening at…
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Much Ado About Nothing – Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Lucy Bailey Stealing a march on the National’s version opening in July, Lucy Bailey’s 1940s inspired…
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Blue/Orange – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Writer: Joe Penhall Director: James Dacre Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange is a stylistic and hard-hitting contemporary play. First performed in April…
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Valued Friends – Rose Theatre, Kingston
Writer: Stephen Jeffreys Director: Michael Fentiman Reviewer: Stephen Bates We hear a great deal today about the difficulties that young…
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The Open House – Print Room at the Coronet, Notting Hill Gate, London
Writer: Will Eno Director: Michael Boyd Reviewer: David Guest A dysfunctional family drama so incongruous it could be an episode…
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King Lear – Globe Theatre, London
Writer: William Shakespeare Director Nancy Meckler Reviewer: Maryam Philpott One of the most disputed aspects of the late Tudor age…
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