Books on Shakespeare
ROBERT TANITCH’S ROUND UP OF BOOKS No 8 THE QUEST FOR SHAKESPEARE’S GARDEN by Roy Strong (Thames & Hudson £14.95). Do you know a bank where the wilde thyme grows? Are you as mad about rosemary, fe ...
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Is there a more boring play than Shakespeare’s Cymbeline?
Robert Tanitch reviews the RSC’s Cymbeline at the Barbican Theatre, London. Shakespeare’s romance, set in Ancient Britain and telling a convoluted, implausible and highly artificial story, has never b ...
William Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” renamed and reclaimed.
Robert Tanitch reviews Imogen at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, SE1 Cymbeline is the King who plays a minor role. Imogen is the star turn in this convoluted, implausible, highly artificial story ...
Shakespeare’s 2016 anniversary celebrations continue
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs THE HOLLOW CROWN:The Wars of the Roses (Universal)draws on Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 1, 2 and 3 and Richard III.The Henry plays are not popular but when cut an ...