Reviews
The Merry Wives of Windsor – Review
| August 15, 2018
The estuary accents, Dolce & Gabbana leggings, bling and selfies are a bit of a giveaway that Fiona Laird’s cheeky Shakespearean comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, is
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Titus Andronicus – Review
| July 5, 2017
Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s bloodiest play, opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre tonight with a mandate to shock. In future performances selected volunteers in the audience will be monitored
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News
How shocked are you? Audience checked for gory RSC Titus
| July 3, 2017
“This production contains smoke effects, gunshots, sexual content, with violent and potentially distressing scenes”. Does Shakespeare still have the power to shock? The Royal Shakespeare Company has launched
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David Troughton to play brutal Titus Andronicus in the RSC’s Rome season
| March 21, 2017
David Troughton is to play the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Titus Andronicus which is part of its powerful RSC Rome Season this spring
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David Troughton is Titus in Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rome plays
| January 5, 2017
David Troughton returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to take the lead in Titus Andronicus as part of its Rome season which begins in March. Casting for Julius
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King Lear – Review
| September 2, 2016
They say that King Lear is the pinnacle to which Shakespearean actors aspire. They start off their careers as a young Romeo, progress through Hamlet, into battle with
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Goodnight Mister Tom – Review
| April 15, 2016
A small boy shuffles onto the stage. He’s, skinny, covered in bruises and terrified. In the brown paper bag that he carries is a leather belt, that his
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Features
David Troughton plays a lengthy innings in Goodnight Mister Tom
| March 31, 2016
I caught David Troughton during the tea interval. It’s tough when your twin passions are cricket and acting. Trying to catch a few overs of England powering to
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Goodnight Mister Tom – Review
| December 22, 2015
I imagine that it is incredibly difficult to write a book aimed at children. You don’t want to talk down to them or soft soap them but you
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Goodnight Mister Tom follows West End Xmas with national tour
| November 30, 2015
It’s just about to return to London’s West End and now the award-winning wartime drama, Goodnight Mister Tom, has announced a national tour for 2016. David Wood’s adaptation
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Goodnight Mister Tom returns to the West End for Xmas
| October 6, 2015
The Olivier award-winning Chichester Festival Theatre production of Michelle Magorian’s much loved children’s classic, Goodnight Mister Tom, returns to the West End this December starring David Troughton. The
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Premiere productions in RSC Swan winter programme
| September 26, 2014
The RSC’s Swan Theatre is staging two premieres this winter which are both thought-provoking and comical. Philip Breen directs Jacobean comedy, The Shoemaker’s Holiday, by Thomas Dekker, which
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