Tag: Tim McMullan
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Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo kiss away kingdoms
Robert Tanitch reviews Antony and Cleopatra at National Theatre/Olivier Shakespeare, Dryden, Berlioz, Sardou and Shaw have all written about Cleopatra and she has been played by such actresses as Sarah […]
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Malvolio has a sex-change. National Theatre casts Tamsin Greig as Malvolia
Robert Tanitch reviews Twelfth Night at National Theatre/Olivier Actresses are taking over male roles. It started with Fiona Shaw playing Richard II. More recently audiences have seen Helen Mirren as […]
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A revival of Tom Stoppard’s Cold War play Hapgood
Robert Tanitch reviews Hapgood at Hampstead Theatre, London NW3 “I wanted Hapgood to be light on its feet,” said Tom Stoppard, “an entertainment, with some science in it.” “You have […]