The austere set gleamed brightly, burnished to reflect the light, and on stage, as last night’s audience arrived, stood a man close to tears. As it got closer
Anti-Semitism is rife in Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice and, at times, it makes unpalatable watching. But Jonathan Munby, whose production for The Globe opened to acclaim on
Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati return to the Royal Shakespeare Company this summer to play Othello and Iago in Iqbal Khan’s production of Othello. Joining them as Desdemona,
Multi award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce will play Shylock in Jonathan Munby’s forthcoming production of The Merchant of Venice, opening the Globe’s 2015 summer season on April 23. The
Casting has been announced for Rupert Goold’s revival of his Merchant of Venice production planned for London’s Almeida Theatre. Former Almeida artistic director Ian McDiarmid will play Shylock
The Merchant Of Venice is the Shakespeare of choice with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Almeida Theatre announcing productions. What’s more Almeida’s artistic director Rupert Goold
The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to honour the centenary of Arthur Miller’s birth with a 2015 production of Death Of A Salesman. Antony Sher, who appeared at