Another Boleyn Girl: Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton, at Shakespeare’s Globe
Anne Boleyn’s had a lively time of it since her death. At the time of her execution she was rumoured …
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Awkward Shakespeare: Michael Sheen as Hamlet at the Young Vic
“That was creepy,” said my sister, “I’ve been round actual deserted asylums, and that was creepy by comparison.” To enter …
A Duchess of Decorum: Eve Best and Jamie Lloyd’s Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic
In the 90s Susan Bennett described The Duchess of Malfi as the play of choice for theatres wishing to put …
Thoroughly Modern Men-at-Arms: Bernard Cornwell’s Agincourt
Bernard Cornwell has never been afraid to tackle big subjects, whether famous battles like Waterloo and Seringapatam, or myths such …
Malvolio and Georgie: Twelfth Night Meets Mapp and Lucia
Rewatching Trevor Nunn’s remarkable film of Twelfth Night, I noticed a detail I’d never seen before. Well, two details, to …
Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender by Rhian E Jones
Rhian E. Jones is a historian and commentator on politics, music and pop culture. Her book Clampdown: Pop-cultural Wars on …
Missing the Point: Views from Inside the Field
What is it that people just don’t get about your field? I’m interested in hearing about the single thing that …
Misunderstood Shakespeare: Yorrick, We Hardly Knew Thee
Carrying on from my previous piece on misapplying Shakespeare in general (and quoting Polonius in particular), I want to look …
Misunderstood Shakespeare: Polonius Special
Judging from the response to my last piece on misunderstood Shakespeare quotations, quite a few of you find them some …
Jane Whoever: Clueless, Shakespeare and (Not) Austen
It’s a truism that Clueless is based on Jane Austen’s Emma. A rich heroine who has some luck at matchmaking …
