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Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe)
Meow Meow (Hippolyta/Titania); Zubin Varla (Theseus/Oberon); Ewan Wardrop (Bottom); Lucy Thackeray (Quince); Ncuti Gatwa (Demetrius); Edmund Derrington (Lysander); Tibu Fortes (Fairy); Edith Tankus (Snug); Alex Tregear (Snout); Anjana Vasan (Hermia); Ankur Bahl (Helenus);
"The Globe certainly rocks with laughter in an irreverent evening in which the jokes come fast and furious ... an entertaining and rowdy night out ..." (The Guardian)
Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Clive Wood (Mark Antony); Eve Best (Cleopatra); Jolyon Coy (Octavius Caesar); Phil Daniels (Enobarbus); Daniel Rabin (Agrippa); James Hayes (Lepidus); Ignatious Anthony (Maecenas); Rosie Hilal (Octavia); Ignatius Anthony (Canidius); Peter Bankolé (Eros); Kammy Darweish (Alexas); Rosie Hilal (Iras);
""Is this well done?" a character asks at the end of Shakespeare's tragedy. I'd say that Jonathan Munby's production is, on the whole, extremely well done. It captures the play's cinematic rhythm as one scene dissolves into the next, and also its dreamlike quality ..." (The Guardian ★★★★)
Shakespeare: As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe)
Naomi Frederick (Rosalind); Jack Laskey (Orlando); Dominic Rowan (Touchstone); Tim McMullan (Jaques);
"Naomi Frederick's superb Rosalind is a woman of wit and intelligence...Laskey's Orlando is equally bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and the playfulness between the two is a pleasure." (The Guardian)
Shakespeare: Comedy, Romance, Tragedy (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo (Romeo and Juliet)); Ellie Kendrick (Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)); Naomi Frederick (Rosalind (As You Like It)); Jack Laskey (Orlando (As You Like It)); Philip Cumbus (King of Navarre (Love's Labour's Lost)); Trystan Gravelle (Berowne (Love's Labour's Lost));
"Naomi Frederick's superb Rosalind is a woman of wit and intelligence...Laskey's Orlando is equally bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and the playfulness between the two is a pleasure." (The Guardian - As You Like It)
Shakespeare: Great Comedies Box Set (Shakespeare's Globe)
Stephen Fry (Malvolio (Twelfth Night)); Johnny Flynn (Viola (Twelfth Night)); John Light (Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream)); Matthew Tennyson (Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)); Simon Paisley Day (Petruchio (The Taming of the Shrew)); Sarah MacRae (Bianca (The Taming of the Shrew)); Mark Rylance (Olivia (Twelfth Night));
"Although this is ensemble theatre at its finest, it’s Rylance’s contribution that puts the production among all-time Shakespeare greats. Frankly unmissable." (The Daily Telegraph - Twelfth Night)
Shakespeare: Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Catrin Aaron (Horatio); James Garnon (Claudius); Colin Hurley (Ghost); Bettrys Jones (Laertes); Richard Katz (Polonius); Jack Laskey (Fortinbras); Nadia Nadarajah (Guildenstern); Pearce Quigley (Rosencrantz); Shubham Saraf (Ophelia); Helen Schlesinger (Gertrude); Michelle Terry (Hamlet);
"Terry is the fourth female Hamlet I have seen and she brings to the role all the qualities one might expect. She speaks the verse intelligently, initially conveys a sense of bereft solitude – her voice cracks on the implication that she “seems” to be affecting grief – and is very good at suggesting bottled rage. " (The Guardian)