August 24th promised my first viewing of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Stratford Festival. For me, this play was very interesting; because I had never studied it, but had read it, I knew what to expect but not in my usual academic way, however it’s always infinitely better to see a play than to simply…
Stratford Festival’s “King Lear”
For this post I’m going to start off by saying this will likely be filled with spoilers about Stratford’s AMAZING production of King Lear starring the incomparable Colm Feore, which I had the absolute pleasure of witnessing on August 23rd. For me, this production was so fascinating and wonderful, that I just can’t keep cooped…
Stratford Festival’s “The Beaux’ Stratagem”
After four days of seeing deep, moving and affecting theatre, I was delighted to be going to see George Farquhar’s The Beaux’ Stratagem on August 3rd. I studied Restoration theatre many times during my University career, so it was so exciting for me to have the opportunity to see something I’d studied but never seen…
Stratford Festival’s “King John”
August 2nd I was delighted to take in the Stratford Festival’s production of Shakespeare’s King John. I was so excited to get to see John as it is not frequently done at the Festival, and with it being directed by Tony nominated director Tim Carroll I knew I was in for a real treat.One of…
