Shakespeare

Such Tweet Sorrow: website-specific theatre that works

April 25, 2010

I have to admit that when I heard a modern day version of Romeo and Juliet was to be ‘staged’ on Twitter, I was sceptical. Not necessarily that it would be possible to play out a series of characters posting online as if they were real — that has been done before. YouTube had lonelygirl15, […]

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Black and White Sextet

February 7, 2006

Reviewed for The Stage Rosemary Branch, London January 31-February 26 Author: William Shakespeare, adapted by Robert Pennant-Jones, who also directs Producer: Rosemary Branch Cast: Ben Onwukwe, Richard Earthy, Fliss Walton, Matt Reeves, Jason Eddy, Cleo Sylvestre Running time: 2hrs There is no reason why director Robert Pennant-Jones’ audacious filleting of ‘Othello;, reducing Shakespeare’s classic to […]

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