Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Samuel Foote puts his foot right in it

Samuel Foote puts his foot right in it

Robert Tanitch reviews Mr Foote’s Other Leg at Hampstead Theatre, London NW3 Samuel Foote (1720-1777), the long-forgotten, one-legged playwright and actor-manager of the Little Theatre in Haymarket, w ...
The most eagerly-awaited Hamlet in years

The most eagerly-awaited Hamlet in years

Robert Tanitch reviews Hamlet at the BarbicanTheatre All the great actors have wanted to play Hamlet ever since Burbage played him at the Globe in 1601: Garrick, Kean, Macready, Booth, Irving, Bernhar ...