Review: Richard The Second
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford on Avon
Until 16th Nov
from RICHARD LUTZ
Review: Stuffing Revenge Down Your Enemy’s Throat
Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus pours out rivers of blood in this tale about power but still tells a good story, says Richard Lutz
Review: A Mad World My Masters
Richard Lutz takes his seat at the RSC in Stratford for a rude funny Jacobean play called Mad World
Prince of Denmark: A Cage Fighter on Stage
The new Hamlet at Stratford is full-on muscular theatre: it is Hamlet as cage fighter, says Richard Lutz
Review: A Life Of Galileo
A new RSC production peers into the gap between what we know is true and how much we agree to compromise. Richard Lutz reports
Review: A Cheeky Dick and The Monster Within
Richard III Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford on Avon from Richard Lutz You can’t separate history from art. When Shakespeare wrote Richard III in about 1592, he was always looking over his shoulder- or rather above his shoulder- at what the monarch and her cronies thought. It had to be that way. Otherwise your…
Theatre Review : The Tempest
Richard Lutz reviews The Tempest; “It is done beautifully. Hats off to the director David Farr and Jonathan Slinger.”
RSC: Loads of Tricks and Lots of Treats
Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford By Richard Lutz This is a play about the pursuit of love in a crazed, tricky and askew world. Most of the characters are not what they seem. But they all want the same thing: partnership and passion. Twins separate and crave each other; lovers pine for an…
Rough Magic for Pete and Kate
Richard Lutz sits down to see a play that still gets them hot under the collar 4 centuries on The Taming of the Shrew Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford The Taming of the Shrew is one of those Shakespeare plays that enrages people still today. How can it sit comfortably when a guy (Petruchio) bullies, pesters,…
Tough Guy Robin Hood Meets His Match in Marion In a Five Star Production
“Well, how do you like your Robin Hood?”, asks Richard Lutz
Review: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Richard Lutz enjoys the classic forest comedy by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford: ‘Finally…’ my companion said to me, ‘a Shakespeare comedy that’s funny.’
RSC in a box to NYC
The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to travel from its traditional home in Stratford-Upon-Avon to the bright lights of New York.
Royal Shakespeare Company’s Macbeth: Too Tricky By Half
Richard Lutz takes his seat for the new season in Stratford
Review: King Lear at Stratford
It was only last winter that I wrote a review of the Stratford production of King Lear. But a year is a long time in the whacky world of Thesbo-land….