Dvd
Shakespeare - Tragedies (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo (Romeo & Juliet)); Ellie Kendrick (Juliet (Romeo & Juliet)); Paul Hilton (Faustus (Doctor Faustus)); Arthur Darvill (Mephistopheles (Doctor Faustus)); Joseph Millson (Macbeth (Macbeth)); Samantha Spiro (Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)); George Irving (Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar)); William Houston (Titus Andronicus (Titus Anronicus)); Clive Wood (Antony (Antony and Cleopatra)); Eve Best (Cleopatra (Antony and Cleopatra));
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ... Exceptional" (The Independant - Titus Andronicus)
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe)
Meow Meow (Hippolyta/Titania); Zubin Varla (Theseus/Oberon); Ewan Wardrop (Bottom); Lucy Thackeray (Quince); Ncuti Gatwa (Demetrius); Edmund Derrington (Lysander); Tibu Fortes (Fairy); Edith Tankus (Snug); Alex Tregear (Snout); Anjana Vasan (Hermia); Ankur Bahl (Helenus);
"The Globe certainly rocks with laughter in an irreverent evening in which the jokes come fast and furious ... an entertaining and rowdy night out ..." (The Guardian)
Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Josette Simon (Cleopatra); Antony Byrne (Mark Antony); David Burnett (Pompey); James Corrigan (Agrippa); Ben Allen (Octavius Caesar); Andrew Woodall (Enobarbus); Patrick Drury (Lepidus); David Burnett (Pompey); Lucy Phelps (Octavia); Kristin Atherton (Iras); Paul Dodds (Menas); Aleed Elgadi (Alexas);
"Richly textured, with big saucy acting... Antony Byrne is the alpha male we’ve been looking for... Josette Simon’s historic Queen of the Nile epitomizes Iqbal Khan’s deluxe production... a lavish production – aided by Laura Mvula’s seductive score." (The Daily Mail ★★★★)
Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Clive Wood (Mark Antony); Eve Best (Cleopatra); Jolyon Coy (Octavius Caesar); Phil Daniels (Enobarbus); Daniel Rabin (Agrippa); James Hayes (Lepidus); Ignatious Anthony (Maecenas); Rosie Hilal (Octavia); Ignatius Anthony (Canidius); Peter Bankolé (Eros); Kammy Darweish (Alexas); Rosie Hilal (Iras);
""Is this well done?" a character asks at the end of Shakespeare's tragedy. I'd say that Jonathan Munby's production is, on the whole, extremely well done. It captures the play's cinematic rhythm as one scene dissolves into the next, and also its dreamlike quality ..." (The Guardian ★★★★)
Shakespeare: As you like it (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Lucy Phelps (Rosalind); Antony Byrne (Duke Senior / Duke Frederick); Sophie Khan Levy (Celia); Sandy Grierson (Touchstone); Emily Johnstone (Amiens / Le Beau); Graeme Brookes (Charles / Lord, exiled with Duke Senior); Leo Wan (Oliver); Aaron Thiara (Jaques de Bois / Dennis); David Ajao (Orlando); Patrick Brennan (Corin); Charlotte Arrowsmith (Audrey); Tom Dawze (William);
"Lucy Phelps and Sophie Khan Levy ooze chemistry… some wonderful comedy comes from her character’s banter with Khan’s stroppy Celia" (Mail on Sunday ★★★★)
Shakespeare: As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe)
Naomi Frederick (Rosalind); Jack Laskey (Orlando); Dominic Rowan (Touchstone); Tim McMullan (Jaques);
"Naomi Frederick's superb Rosalind is a woman of wit and intelligence...Laskey's Orlando is equally bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and the playfulness between the two is a pleasure." (The Guardian)