The company of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre were in New York to perform The Merry Wives of Windsor and put on a production that lived up to the merriness in the title. Harold Bloom, in his book, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, says he shares AC Bradley’s indignation about the play: “[Falstaff is] baffled, duped, [...]
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Make ‘em laugh
Posted in What I'm watching, tagged Shakespeare, Singing in the Rain, The Globe, The Merry Wives of Windsor, theatre on November 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Tempest
Posted in What I'm watching, tagged BAM, Shakespeare, The Tempest, theatre on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The design of the new production of The Tempest at the Brooklyn Academy of Music looks fantastic according to this photo in the New York Times; and this is a review from The New Yorker. I am still unsure whether they think this is a good production but the piece is headlined Big Magic so [...]
