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  For intelligent, observant, funny, and critically fair reviews by Kevin Quarmby of plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Becket, Ionesco, and many many more, enter this site and explore a wealth of critical and humorous writing which charts the development of twenty-first-century drama in the UK.  
     
  Those reviews marked with (BTG) first appeared on the online theatre website, British Theatre Guide.  
 

Those reviews marked with (R&V) first appeared on the online theatre website, Rogues and Vagabonds.

 
     
 

The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd, Doublethink Theatre, Sotirios Hatjoullis and Jacob Wagen, Arcola Theatre, London, October 2009 (BTG)

 
 

The Rover, by Aphra Behn, Looking Glass House, Southwark Playhouse, London, July 2009 (BTG)

 
 

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre, London, June 2009

 
 

The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, The Old Vic, London, June 2009 (BTG)

 
 

I Am Montana, by Samuel D. Hunter, Yaller Skunk Theatre Company at Arcola Theatre, London, June 2009 (BTG)

 
 

The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe On Tour, The Globe Theatre, London, May 2009 (BTG)

 
 

DruidSynge: The Playboy of the Western World, by J.M. Synge, Oxford Playhouse presenting the Druid Ireland production, Oxford, May 2009 (BTG)

 
 

As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2009 (BTG)

 
 

The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2009 (BTG)

 
 

Dark Tales, based on the stories of Hans Christian Andersen, Giant Olive, The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, London, March 2009 (BTG)

 
 

Deep Cut, by Philip Ralph, Sherman Cymru at the Tricycle Theatre Kilburn, London, March 2009 (BTG)

 
 

Victory: Choices In Reaction, by Howard Barker, ICENI Productions and Arcola Theatre, London, March 2009 (BTG)

 
 

The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town in association with RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, February 2009 (BTG)

 
 

On The Waterfront, by Budd Schulberg with Stan Silverman, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, February 2009 (BTG)

 
 

The Water's Edge, by Theresa Rebeck, Arcola Theatre, London, February 2009 (BTG)

 
 

In Blood: The Bacchae, by Frances Viner, Arcola Theatre, London, January 2009 (BTG)

 
 

The City Wives' Confederacy, by John Vanbrugh, Greenwich Playhouse, London, December 2008 (BTG)

 
 

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, December 2008 (BTG)

 
 

The Ballad of Crazy Paola, by Arne Sierens, translated by Stephen Greenhorn, Arcola Studio 2, November 2008 (BTG)

 
 

The Family Reunion, by T. S. Eliot, Donmar, London, November 2008

 
 

Michael X by Vanessa Walters, Tabernacle Centre, London W11, November 2008

 
 

The Bad One, Written by Janice Connolly, ‘Women & Theatre On Tour' at the Tara Studio, Earlsfield, London, 28 - 31 October 2008

 
 

The Dying of Today, by Howard Barker, Arcola Theatre, October 2008(R&V)

 
 

Oedipus by Sophocles, in a new version by Frank McGuinness, National Theatre, London, October 2008(R&V)

 
 

The Two Gentlemen of Verona, An Adaptation in Portuguese of Shakespeare's Comedy by Nós do Morro, Bite08, Barbican Pit, London, October 2008(R&V)

 
 

Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, October 2008 (R&V)

 
 

August Strindberg's Creditors, in a new version by David Greig, Donmar Warehouse, London, September 2008 (R&V)

 
 

Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, in a new version by Tom Stoppard, Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre, London, September 2008(R&V)

 
 

Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe, Eyestrings, St Andrew's Church Holborn, London, September 2008(R&V)

 
 

Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton, Shakespeare's Globe London, August 2008(R&V)

 
 

Piaf, by Pam Gems, starring Elena Roger, Donmar Warehouse, London, August 2008(R&V)

 
 

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, starring David Tennant, RSC, Courtyard Theatre,Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2008(R&V)

 
 

Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe, BAC, Battersea London, July 2008 (R&V)

 
 

The Female of the Species, by Joanna Murray-Smith, Vaudeville Theatre, London, July 2008 (R&V)

 
 

The Chalk Garden, by Enid Bagnold, Donmar Warehouse, London, June 2008(R&V)

 
 

The Revenger's Tragedy, by Thomas Middleton, Royal National Theatre, London, June 2008(R&V)

 
 

Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, Old Vic Theatre London, May 2008(R&V)

 
 

Boris Godunov, by Alexander Pushkin, Barbican London, May 2008(R&V)

 
 

The Lady from the Sea, by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Frank McGuinness, Arcola Theatre London, May 2008(R&V)

 
 

The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre,Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2008(R&V)

 
 

The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, RSC Courtyard Theatre,Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2008(R&V)

 
 

Purgatorio, by Ariel Dorfman, Arcola Theatre London, January 2008(R&V)

 
 

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Gielgud Theatre London, November 2007(R&V)

 
 

Henry V, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon, November 2007(R&V)

 
 

Jenufa, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Arcola Theatre London, October 2007(R&V)

 
 

King Lear, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May/June 2007(R&V)

 
 

Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2007(R&V)

 
 

Richard III, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, January 2007(R&V)

 
 

Henry VI Parts I, II and III, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2006(R&V)

 
 

Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2006(R&V)

 
 

Sejanus: His Fall, by Ben Jonson, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, July 2005(R&V)

 
 

Schiller's Mary Stuart, A New Version by Peter Oswald, Donmar Warehouse, July 2005(R&V)

 
 

Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Lyric Theatre, May 2005(R&V)

 
 

Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, Almeida Theatre, Islington, March 2005(R&V)

 
 

Thomas More, by Anthony Munday, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood and William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2005 (R&V)

 
 

The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, directed by Edward Hall, Watermill, Berkshire, January 2005(R&V)

 
 

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Almeida Theatre, Islington, January 2005(R&V)

 
 

Tim Robbins, Embedded, Riverside Studios, London, September 2004(R&V)

 
 

Euripides' Hecuba, Donmar Warehouse, September 2004 (R&V)

 
 

King Lear, by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 2004 (R&V)

 
 

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2004 (R&V)

 
 

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2004 (R&V)

 
 

Othello, by William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, February 2004 (R&V)

 
 

The Entertainer, by John Osborne, Liverpool Playhouse, January 2004 (R&V)

 
 

All's Well That Ends Well, by William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, December 2003 (R&V)

 
 

Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2003 (R&V)

 
 

Shakespeare's La Tragédie d'Hamlet, Warwick Arts Centre, June 2003 (R&V)

 
 

Henry V, by William Shakespeare, National Theatre, London, May 2003 (R&V)

 
 

King Lear, by William Shakespeare, starring Timothy West, Old Vic, London, March 2003 (R&V)

 
 

A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, directed by Edward Hall, Watermill, Berkshire, February 2003 (R&V)

 
 

The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, starring Derek Jacobi, Old Vic, London, January 2003(R&V)

 
 

The Malcontent, by John Marston, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2002 (R&V)

 
 

Eastward Ho!, by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston, Gielgud Theatre London, December 2002 (R&V)

 
 

Edward III, by William Shakespeare, Gielgud Theatre, London, December 2002 (R&V)