Updating Shakespeare – Part 1: Modern perspectives on staging ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
How does a director present ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ to a post-feminist audience? A romantic romp that has …
How does a director present ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ to a post-feminist audience? A romantic romp that has …
This obscure theological debate, this grubby little propaganda war, may have had far greater consequences for the Elizabethan theatre than …
There was once a time when I actually thought I could make a living from my writing. The trick was …
When I began work on my short story collection, Suburban Terrors, I never intended to connect the stories, but a …
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The image many people have of William Shakespeare is of the poetic genius writing his plays all alone in his …
What would a modern Italian take on Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ look like? The trope of a …
James Burbage’s conflict with his sister-in-law, Margaret Brayne, would not only have personal consequences for his family, but also wider …
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The Somerton Man has been called ‘one of Australia’s most profound mysteries’. All sorts of solutions and theories have been …
Why did James Burbage’s partnership with his brother-in-law, John Brayne, cause him such turmoil and heartache? As we saw …