Tomorrow, at the final preview before Wednesday's press night, I get to see a production that I have been looking forward to for simply ages. Maria Aberg is directing John Webster's The White Devil in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan more
22:26: Hmmm. Really interesting to see, but definitely problematic. Final production credit is Globe on Screen in association with BBC Arts. 22:23: I didn't think this closing worked in the theatre, and the broadcast hasn't changed my mind. 22:22: At two and more
For all sorts of reasons, I'm really looking forward to tonight's BBC Four broadcast of The Duchess of Malfi recorded at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. First off, John Webster's revenge tragedy is one of my favourite plays (along more
This coming Saturday BBC Television broadcasts both a documentary about the Jacobean theatre (on BBC Two, Saturday) and a recording of John Webster's play The Duchess of Malfi (on BBC Four, Sunday) shot in the new more
Short of living in the London of the early seventeenth century, this must be the best of times for those of us interested in early modern theatre beyond the Bard. Tonight I'm off to the new Sam Wanamaker more