Vivat, Regina!
Robert Tanitch reviews The Audience at Apollo Theatre, London W1 The first actor to play Queen Elizabeth II on stage was Prunella Scales in Alan Bennett’s A Question of Attribution at the National The ...
THEATRE REVIEWS
Michael Frayn’s latest comedy is a revue with 23 sketches
Robert Tanitch review Matchbox Theatre at Hampstead Theatre, London NW3 Michael Frayn is famous as a playwright and as a novelist. He has written one of the great farces of the 20th century: Noises Of ...
Debauchery in London in 1605 is updated to the 1950’s
Robert Tanitch reviews A Mad World My Masters at Barbican Theatre, London EC2 When Thomas Middleton’s comedy premiered in 1605 it was acted by children. The mind boggles. Were they as crude as the act ...
Jonathan Pryce is playing Shylock at Shakespeare’s Globe
Robert Tanitch reviews The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe, London Shylock was initially a comic character. I doubt very much if anybody would dare play him for comedy today. Jew-baiting was ...