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Fair Em (Steam Industry) @ The Union Theatre, London, 2013
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‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Cheek by Jowl) @ Warwick Arts Centre, 2012
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The Alchemist (Riding Lights Company) @ Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 2014
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The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Shakespeare’s Globe) @ Sam Wanamaker...
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Venice Preserv’d @ Greenwich, London, 2014
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The White Devil (RSC) @ Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2014
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The Apocrypha Project (The Hidden Room) @ York Rite Masonic Hall, Austin,...
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The Changeling (Shakespeare’s Globe) @ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, 2015
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The Spanish Tragedy ( Lazarus Theatre Company) @ Blue Elephant Theatre,...
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The Witch of Edmonton (RSC) @ Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 2014
Directed by Gregory Doran for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, 19 November 2014 Elieen Atkins as Elizabeth Sawyer Reviewed by Eva Griffith According to...
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Volpone @ The Swan Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2015
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Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Directed by Charlotte Conquest for Creation Theatre Company at Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford, 18 February 2011 Reviewed by Peter Malin The notion of staging Dr...
View ArticleA Woman Killed with Kindness @ Lyttelton Theatre, The National Theatre,...
A Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas Heywood. Directed by Katie Mitchell for the National Theatre Company at Lyttelton Theatre, The National Theatre, London, 11 September 2011 Reviewed by Peter Malin...
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Edward II @ Schauspielhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2015
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe; directed by Nora Schlocker for Schauspielhaus Wien, Theater Basel and Wiener Festwochen at Schauspielhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria. Seen on 31st May 2015 Reviewed by...
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’Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford Directed by Declan Donnellan for Cheek by Jowl at Oxford Playhouse (on tour), 7 February 2012 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to John Ford,...
View ArticleThe Duchess of Malfi directed by Jamie Lloyd @ Old Vic Theatre, London, 2012
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster Old Vic Theatre, London, directed by Jamie Lloyd, 28 April 2012 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, ed. by...
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Hyde Park dir. Mike Cordner @ University of York, June 2016
Hyde Park, dir. Mike Cordner for the University of York Department of Theatre, Film and Television (https://www.york.ac.uk/tftv/). Scenic Stage Theatre, University of York, 9 June 2016. Reviewed by...
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The Alchemist dir. Jenny Eastop @ The Rose Theatre, London, June 2016
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Volpone, Resurgens Theatre Company dir. Brent Griffin @ the Shakespeare...
Volpone, by the Resurgens Theatre Company Directed by Brent Griffin at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse in Atlanta, GA, 2016 Review by Tyler Bruce Dale, Mary Baldwin University This year, early modern...
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