Alan Howard, who has died aged 77, was the quintessential Shakespearian monarch, capable of a vast range of interpretation. But it was his voice was the core of his greatness Obituary: Alan …
Friends suggest that playing Martin Luther King has heightened the actor's sense of public duty and quiet rage Continue reading...
The Europe-raised playwright is hoping for a rapprochement with her American roots with her new play about Thomas Jefferson " but she thinks the founding father has a lot to answer forHaving…
Most productions cut a whole act from Man and Superman. But Ralph Fiennes and director Simon Godwin plan to unleash its full Nietzschean powerAlthough it may be little consolation, Ralph Fie…
With the adaptations of Hilary Mantel's novel for the RSC and the BBC, we have a rare opportunity to compare acting choicesRegular theatregoers accumulate comparisons between actors in class…
The revivals of Cats, Assassins and City of Angels have thrown the spotlight on one of the trickiest aspects of musical theatreBritish theatre listings are rarely short of musical revivals, …
Playwrights of the past are easily forgotten, but thanks to his unique, black-comedy skewering of historical figures, Barnes has found a new champion in James McAvoyWith several generations …
Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge stunned at the Young Vic, Sondheim's Assassins satirised with success, King Charles III did nothing, magnificently, and a startling Anything Goes is ou…
The ingenious ghost story " and GCSE set text " is now the second longest-running play in the history of the West End. So why does it continue to pack audiences in, after 25 years?Although i…
The 30 brief scenes in the writer's new book blur the boundaries between his work for stage and page Continue reading...
G is for The Goat, L is for lizards and U is for umbrella As A Delicate Balance returns to Broadway, dip into our guide to the great American playwright Continue reading...
As his Iron Curtain Trilogy opens in London, the playwright reflects on depicting the last 50 years of British life on the stage Continue reading...
Life with Father, about a sexist patriarch and submissive wife, holds the record for the longest-running non-musical play in New York. Now, 75 years after it premiered, Mark Lawson…
From a re-imagining of The Wild Duck to differing interpretations of The Master Builder, Ibsens plays are challenging source material. The New Penguin Ibsen aims to get to grips with the ori…
Dramatic triptychs from Aeschyluss Oresteia to Rona Munros James plays are expensive to stage and bum-numbing to watch. Do they deliver three times the pleasure? Continue reading...
One Man Two Guvnors is a box office phenomenon, and the man behind it has another five plays on stage this month. Richard Bean talks about legal wrangles, dodgy gags and why success has…
From Maxine Peakes Hamlet to David Suchets Lady Bracknell, cross-casting is all the rage. But sometimes it can be more problematic than enlightening Continue reading...
One of Britain's hardest-working dramatists, Thorne has nine TV projects in various stages of production. Mark Lawson meets him Continue reading...
The artistic director of Northamptons Royal and Derngate explains why he is overseeing a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that will also be seen in Manchester and Newcastle Continue readi…
Imelda Marcos, Anna Nicole Smith and Eva Perón are all the subjects of musicals or operas this autumn. Mark Lawson considers what makes a life to sing about Continue reading...
Mike Bartlett's mock-Shakespearean take on constitutional crisis over Prince Charles proves an attraction Continue reading...
Richard Bean's newspaper farce is leaving the National, with Lucy Punch taking up the role of red-top editor Paige Britain. Some transfers, though, thrive without their biggest names Continu…
Two years ago she delivered her standup routine to 10 people in a strip club. Now shes a star of the Edinburgh Fringe and touring the country. She talks biros, big families and why the new p…
It's fairly easy to bag Chekhov's quartet of masterpieces, but getting to see productions of all the Shakespearean canon is a much bigger challenge' Michael Billington reviews The Two Gentle…
It's fairly easy to bag Chekhov's quartet of masterpieces, but getting to see productions of all the Shakespearean canon is a much bigger challenge Michael Billington reviews The Two Gentlem…