Isabelle Huppert is Phaedra
Robert Tanitch reviews Phaedra(s) at Barbican Theatre, London EC2 Phaedra, you will remember, marries Theseus and falls in love with Hippolytus, her stepson, and when he rejects her she tells her husb ...
Tag Archives: Greek tragedy
Euripides wins posthumous prize for best play
Robert Tanitch reviews Bakkhai at Almeida Theatre, London N1 BAKKHAI, the last of the great Greek tragedies, was written by Euripides when he was over 70 and living in voluntary exile in the wilds of ...
Juliette Binoche stars in Ivan van Hove’s production of a famous Greek play
Robert Tanitch reviews Antigone at Barbican, London. Sophocles’ great tragedy, first performed circa 441 BC, is a clash between two extremes. Neither King Kreon nor Antigone will back down and the eff ...
Arthur Miller’s masterpiece transfers to the West End with Mark Strong’s tremendous performance
Robert Tanitch reviews A View from the Bridge at Wyndham’s Theatre, London, WC2 Arthur Miller was born in 1915. His best plays are performed regularly in the international repertoire. There will alway ...