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Shakespeare's Globe's winter season is one they can't really make a profit out of due to the Swanamaker's size, so traditio...

Apparently when John Gielgud ended his run as Prospero at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1957, he foretold that Shakespeare would never ag...

Hey, you know what's a great way to stop me from spending an entire review of The Tempest ranting about how awful Prospero is? Edit th...

2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the First Folio's publication, and both the RSC and the Globe are using that as the theme for their...

The Tempest is often staged as an allegory for Britain's colonial past, but the latest London production goes for the metaphor of a mu...

The second of two tiny tour shows playing at the Globe this summer is Brendan O’Hea's production of The Tempest ; not a play I like as ...

At some point during rehearsals at the RSC the following conversation must surely have taken place: "You know how we've marketed...

PREVIEW DISCLAIMER: I can't see any sign of the papers having been invited to this yet. Phyllida Lloyd's all-female Shakespeare ...

Although he's shown a lot of inspiration in his time running Shakespeare's Globe, Dominic Dromgoole hasn't been afraid of a cl...

The Globe's encore Globe to Globe season continues to bring back productions from various countries, and as I'm sure you can tell ...

This year's Globe season goes under the very vague banner of "Season of Plenty," which might as well be called "Stuff! ...

Distracted from his duties as Duke of Milan by his books of magic, Prospero was deposed in a coup by his brother Antonio and the King of Na...