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THEATRE REVIEWS |
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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. |
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Those reviews marked with (Curtain Up) first appeared on the online theatre website, CurtainUp. |
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Those reviews marked with (BTG) first appeared on the online theatre website, British Theatre Guide. |
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Those reviews marked with (R&V) first appeared on the online theatre website, Rogues and Vagabonds. |
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Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare, RSC Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2010 (BTG) |
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Women Beware Women, by Thomas Middleton, National Theatre, May 2010 (CurtainUp) |
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The Tragedy of Soliman and Perseda, attributed to Thomas Kyd, Rose Theatre, Bankside, London, April 2010 (BTG) |
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The White Guard, by Mikhail Bulgakov, in a version by Andrew Upton, National Theatre, March 2010 (CurtainUp) |
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Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, RSC Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2010 (BTG) |
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King Lear, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2010 (BTG) |
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The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd, Doublethink Theatre, Sotirios Hatjoullis and Jacob Wagen, Arcola Theatre, London, October 2009 (BTG) |
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Mother Courage and Her Children, by Berthold Brecht, National Theatre London, October 2009 (CurtainUp) |
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The Rover, by Aphra Behn, Looking Glass House, Southwark Playhouse, London, July 2009 (BTG) |
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All's Well That End's Well, by William Shakespeare, National Theatre, London, June 2009 (CurtainUp) |
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Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre, London, June 2009 |
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The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, The Old Vic, London, June 2009 (BTG) |
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I Am Montana, by Samuel D. Hunter, Yaller Skunk Theatre Company at Arcola Theatre, London, June 2009 (BTG) |
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The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe On Tour, The Globe Theatre, London, May 2009 (BTG) |
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DruidSynge: The Playboy of the Western World, by J.M. Synge, Oxford Playhouse presenting the Druid Ireland production, Oxford, May 2009 (BTG) |
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As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2009 (BTG) |
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The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2009 (BTG) |
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Dark Tales, based on the stories of Hans Christian Andersen, Giant Olive, The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, London, March 2009 (BTG) |
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Deep Cut, by Philip Ralph, Sherman Cymru at the Tricycle Theatre Kilburn, London, March 2009 (BTG) |
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Victory: Choices In Reaction, by Howard Barker, ICENI Productions and Arcola Theatre, London, March 2009 (BTG) |
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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) |
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On The Waterfront, by Budd Schulberg with Stan Silverman, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, February 2009 (BTG) |
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The Water's Edge, by Theresa Rebeck, Arcola Theatre, London, February 2009 (BTG) |
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In Blood: The Bacchae, by Frances Viner, Arcola Theatre, London, January 2009 (BTG) |
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The City Wives' Confederacy, by John Vanbrugh, Greenwich Playhouse, London, December 2008 (BTG) |
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Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, December 2008 (BTG) |
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The Ballad of Crazy Paola, by Arne Sierens, translated by Stephen Greenhorn, Arcola Studio 2, November 2008 (BTG) |
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The Family Reunion, by T. S. Eliot, Donmar, London, November 2008 |
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Michael X by Vanessa Walters, Tabernacle Centre, London W11, November 2008 |
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The Bad One, Written by Janice Connolly, ‘Women & Theatre On Tour' at the Tara Studio, Earlsfield, London, 28 - 31 October 2008 |
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The Dying of Today, by Howard Barker, Arcola Theatre, October 2008 (R&V) |
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Oedipus by Sophocles, in a new version by Frank McGuinness, National Theatre, London, October 2008 (R&V) |
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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) |
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Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, October 2008 (R&V) |
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August Strindberg's Creditors, in a new version by David Greig, Donmar Warehouse, London, September 2008 (R&V) |
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Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, in a new version by Tom Stoppard, Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre, London, September 2008 (R&V) |
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Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe, Eyestrings, St Andrew's Church Holborn, London, September 2008 (R&V) |
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Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton, Shakespeare's Globe London, August 2008 (R&V) |
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Piaf, by Pam Gems, starring Elena Roger, Donmar Warehouse, London, August 2008 (R&V) |
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Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, starring David Tennant, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2008 (R&V) |
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Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe, BAC, Battersea London, July 2008 (R&V) |
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The Female of the Species, by Joanna Murray-Smith, Vaudeville Theatre, London, July 2008 (R&V) |
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The Chalk Garden, by Enid Bagnold, Donmar Warehouse, London, June 2008 (R&V) |
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The Revenger's Tragedy, by Thomas Middleton, Royal National Theatre, London, June 2008 (R&V) |
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Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, Old Vic Theatre London, May 2008 (R&V) |
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Boris Godunov, by Alexander Pushkin, Barbican London, May 2008 (R&V) |
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The Lady from the Sea, by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Frank McGuinness, Arcola Theatre London, May 2008 (R&V) |
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The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre,Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2008 (R&V) |
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The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, RSC Courtyard Theatre,Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2008 (R&V) |
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Purgatorio, by Ariel Dorfman, Arcola Theatre London, January 2008 (R&V) |
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Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Gielgud Theatre London, November 2007 (R&V) |
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Henry V, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon, November 2007 (R&V) |
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Jenufa, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Arcola Theatre London, October 2007 (R&V) |
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King Lear, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May/June 2007 (R&V) |
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Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2007 (R&V) |
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Richard III, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, January 2007 (R&V) |
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Henry VI Parts I, II and III, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2006 (R&V) |
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Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare, RSC, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 2006 (R&V) |
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Sejanus: His Fall, by Ben Jonson, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, July 2005 (R&V) |
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Schiller's Mary Stuart, A New Version by Peter Oswald, Donmar Warehouse, July 2005 (R&V) |
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Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Lyric Theatre, May 2005 (R&V) |
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Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, Almeida Theatre, Islington, March 2005 (R&V) |
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Thomas More, by Anthony Munday, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood and William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2005 (R&V) |
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The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, directed by Edward Hall, Watermill, Berkshire, January 2005 (R&V) |
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Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Almeida Theatre, Islington, January 2005 (R&V) |
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Tim Robbins, Embedded, Riverside Studios, London, September 2004 (R&V) |
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Euripides' Hecuba, Donmar Warehouse, September 2004 (R&V) |
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King Lear, by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 2004 (R&V) |
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Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 2004 (R&V) |
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Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2004 (R&V) |
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Othello, by William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, February 2004 (R&V) |
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The Entertainer, by John Osborne, Liverpool Playhouse, January 2004 (R&V) |
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All's Well That Ends Well, by William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, December 2003 (R&V) |
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Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 2003 (R&V) |
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Shakespeare's La Tragédie d'Hamlet, Warwick Arts Centre, June 2003 (R&V) |
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Henry V, by William Shakespeare, National Theatre, London, May 2003 (R&V) |
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King Lear, by William Shakespeare, starring Timothy West, Old Vic, London, March 2003 (R&V) |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, directed by Edward Hall, Watermill, Berkshire, February 2003 (R&V) |
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The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, starring Derek Jacobi, Old Vic, London, January 2003 (R&V) |
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The Malcontent, by John Marston, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2002 (R&V) |
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Eastward Ho!, by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston, Gielgud Theatre London, December 2002 (R&V) |
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Edward III, by William Shakespeare, Gielgud Theatre, London, December 2002 (R&V) |
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