Tag: Theatre

• Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Poltimore House and Grounds, Devon, August 2019) – A Midsummer with heart!

  

  There was a great deal to laugh about in this production. More impressive, though, was the way it left the audience smiling afterwards. This was a Midsummer with heart as well as humour – a most rare vision indeed…

  James Alsop

  Aug 13, 2019

  GCSE texts, Reviews + Poetry, Shakespeare + E-M Drama

  comedy, exeter, midsummer night’s dream, Shakespeare, sun & moon theatre, Theatre

• (A Couple of Reasons Why) The “Hamlet” Bad Quarto is Fantastic and Deserves More Love

  

  Critics are starting to come around to the idea that the “Bad Quarto” of “Hamlet” may have something worthwhile to offer after all – and it’s a good thing too!

  James Alsop

  Aug 19, 2018

  Literature Essays + Analysis, Shakespeare + E-M Drama

  bad quarto, Drama, first folio, Hamlet, Q1, Q2, rough quarto, Shakespeare, The writer methinks doth tag too much, Theatre

• Shakespeare and the Living Dead

  

  A summary of my PhD thesis: featuring ghosts, gore, and a spooky review of Michael Boyd’s 2011 “Macbeth”…

  James Alsop

  Jul 28, 2018

  Literature Essays + Analysis, Shakespeare + E-M Drama

  Drama, Duchess of Malfi, Early Modern, Ghosts, Hamlet, James Alsop, John Webster, Julius Caesar, Living Death, Macbeth, Michael Boyd, Performance, Philip Schwyzer, Reformation, Shakespeare, Theatre, Witches, Zombies