http://mylondonyourlondon.com/?p=88 A cultural guide Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:45:13 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://mylondonyourlondon.com/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-1147 Theatre Review: Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare’s Globe - MY LONDON YOUR LONDON Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:09:38 +0000 http://mylondonyourlondon.com/?p=88#comment-1147 [...] Of the current shows in rep at the Globe, Coriolanus chiefly features muscular machismo , Titus Andronicus gripping horror, and Cleopatra rampant female sexuality. That last is not, for this reviewer, quite enough to sustain three hours of theatre; viewers of other genders, or sexualities might, of course, have a different view. Posted in Theatre (Thursday July 6, 2006) [...] [...] Of the current shows in rep at the Globe, Coriolanus chiefly features muscular machismo , Titus Andronicus gripping horror, and Cleopatra rampant female sexuality. That last is not, for this reviewer, quite enough to sustain three hours of theatre; viewers of other genders, or sexualities might, of course, have a different view. Posted in Theatre (Thursday July 6, 2006) [...]

]]> http://mylondonyourlondon.com/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-1021 Theatre Review: Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare’s Globe - MY LONDON YOUR LONDON Wed, 31 May 2006 20:04:06 +0000 http://mylondonyourlondon.com/?p=88#comment-1021 [...] Turning Shakespeare’s Goths into Celts is effective in bringing the play home, while allowing the makeup department a lot of fun with woad. It is one final master touch in this exuberant, no-holds-barred production. This show isn’t for everyone; certainly not for children, and I fear the stray tourists who will inevitably walk through those heavy doors will be in for some unpleasant shocks. But if you’ve got a moderately strong stomach, and want to see this play, and the Globe, at their best, then this is a production not to miss. The production, which opened last night, will continue until August 13, in rep with Coriolanus and (later) Anthony and Cleopatra. Other views: Paul Taylor in The Independent; Matthew Arner in The London Theatre Guide; a Guardian interview with the director. Wikipedia has a decent plot summary; the text. Posted in Theatre (Wednesday May 31, 2006) [...] [...] Turning Shakespeare’s Goths into Celts is effective in bringing the play home, while allowing the makeup department a lot of fun with woad. It is one final master touch in this exuberant, no-holds-barred production. This show isn’t for everyone; certainly not for children, and I fear the stray tourists who will inevitably walk through those heavy doors will be in for some unpleasant shocks. But if you’ve got a moderately strong stomach, and want to see this play, and the Globe, at their best, then this is a production not to miss. The production, which opened last night, will continue until August 13, in rep with Coriolanus and (later) Anthony and Cleopatra. Other views: Paul Taylor in The Independent; Matthew Arner in The London Theatre Guide; a Guardian interview with the director. Wikipedia has a decent plot summary; the text. Posted in Theatre (Wednesday May 31, 2006) [...]

]]> http://mylondonyourlondon.com/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-371 Airminded · History Carnival 31 Mon, 15 May 2006 13:31:16 +0000 http://mylondonyourlondon.com/?p=88#comment-371 [...] We have come far, over two centuries. But there is much more history yet to be explored: we therefore make certain adjustments to the time mechanism, so as to accelerate the rate of our travel. And so on to England! We indulge in the rowdy revelries of London’s May Days before examining the significance of 1688. We also discern, around the turn of the 17th century, some of the political theologies which perhaps played a part in eventually bringing the Glorious Revolution about. The flow of time confines us to England, for the moment. We note how the transition was made between medieval plays and their early modern successors (such as Shakespeare’s Coriolanus), and the introduction of finest china into England. And from on high we observe where Henry VIII’s six wives lived. But here is an anomaly—Chaucer suggesting pickup lines for medieval historians in the 21st-century (some of which, it may be suggested, could have broader appeal—Baroness Thatcher might warm to the line “Art thou a disastrous poll tax? Bycause I feele a risynge comynge on.”) A 14th-century chrononaut, perhaps? [...] [...] We have come far, over two centuries. But there is much more history yet to be explored: we therefore make certain adjustments to the time mechanism, so as to accelerate the rate of our travel. And so on to England! We indulge in the rowdy revelries of London’s May Days before examining the significance of 1688. We also discern, around the turn of the 17th century, some of the political theologies which perhaps played a part in eventually bringing the Glorious Revolution about. The flow of time confines us to England, for the moment. We note how the transition was made between medieval plays and their early modern successors (such as Shakespeare’s Coriolanus), and the introduction of finest china into England. And from on high we observe where Henry VIII’s six wives lived. But here is an anomaly—Chaucer suggesting pickup lines for medieval historians in the 21st-century (some of which, it may be suggested, could have broader appeal—Baroness Thatcher might warm to the line “Art thou a disastrous poll tax? Bycause I feele a risynge comynge on.”) A 14th-century chrononaut, perhaps? [...]

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