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As the Old Vic takes on Shakespeare's Richard could there not be a flicker of the thoughtful, intelligent man he really was?Richard III, the last Plantagenet king, was crowned in 1483 follow…
Old Vic; Barbican; Soho, all LondonHe uses his withered arm as a cosh. He lugs along his lame leg, strapped in a calliper, as if it were a giant log. His hump makes him bend not only over bu…
The last time Kevin Spacey and director Sam Mendes teamed up, Spacey won an Oscar for his performance in American Beauty.
Charles McNulty reviews Kevin Spacey in "Richard III" at the Old Vic in London, a Bridge Project production.
Sam Mendes's spare, sinister, modern-dress staging is driven by Kevin Spacey's superb and sardonic portrayal, writes Sarah Hemming
Edward Hall's all male company at Hampstead Theatre.
"The end is nigh". Takeaway cartons, camcorders, cracked beer cans and bowler hats; this is the quasi-dystopian London of Shakespeare's Richard III as re-imagined by director Sam Mendes and …
Kevin Spacey, playing the title role, officially opened in Shakespeare's Richard III at the Old Vic Theatre on June 29. Directed by Sam Mendes, this Bridge Project production will cont…
The Guardian's Michael Billington said: “****. Sam Mendes has come up with a beautifully clear, coherent modern-dress production in which the protagonist becomes an autocratic archetyp…
Legit Reviews: What's disconcerting about Sam Mendes's production is that behind Kevin Spacey's sound and fury there is so little else in the way of refreshing insight or drama.
The final season of The Bridge Project, starring Kevin Spacey in the title role of Richard III and directed by Sam Mendes, began previews at The Old Vic on June 18 and runs through September…
Spacey commands the stage " and a big screen " in Sam Mendes's Richard III. But it's all too much for some criticsWith his talent for camp villainy, Kevin Spacey really couldn't find a role …
The final production of the three-year transatlantic Bridge Project between New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), London's Old Vic and Sam Mendes' Neal Street Production opened last ni…
The final production of the three-year transatlantic Bridge Project between New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), London's Old Vic and Sam Mendes' Neal Street Production opened last ni…
Alastair Campbell would surely have approved. The former spin doctor, who was in the audience for the opening night of Sam Mendes’ production, must have been nodding as Kevin Spacey…
Old Vic, LondonThere are basically two ways of presenting Richard III: as the culmination of a cycle or as a standalone drama. And, although I think it only makes total sense when seen in th…
Tony and Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey stars in Richard III, the final production of Sam Mendes' Bridge Project, which began performances June 18 at the Old Vic.
Geoff Sheehan and David Regan will be featured in "Richard III," this summer's entry for West Hartford's Capital Classics Theatre Company.
The production will run July 28 through Aug. 14 out…
The final season of the three-year transatlantic Bridge Project opens tonight (29 June 2011) with Kevin Spacey in the title role of Sam Mendes's Richard III.
Unlike the first two Bridge Pr…
As Kevin Spacey takes to London's Old Vic as Shakespeare's Machiavellian monarch in a new production by director Sam Mendes, take a look at an embarrassment of Richards, past and present Con…
As Kevin Spacey takes to London's Old Vic as Shakespeare's Machiavellian monarch in a new production by film director Sam Mendes, take a look at an embarrassment of Richards, past and presen…
An ensemble staging compacts grisly murder and reverent plainsong to disturbing effect
If the Propeller production of The Comedy of Errors draws on the examples of Hollywood comedies, its Richard III follows a more grisly path, employing a variety of domestic implements and po…
If the Propeller production of The Comedy of Errors draws on the examples of Hollywood comedies, its Richard III follows a more grisly path, employing a variety of domestic implements and po…
Amongst the major London openings, in the
West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING MONDAY, 27 June 2011 (previews from 21 June), Lou
Ramsden’s Hundreds and Thousands
inaug…
