Posts in Riffs on Shakespeare
Hamlet Deconstructed
Shakespeare, National Post, Why Not Theatre, Theatre Centre, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanPrince Hamlet, Theatre Centre, Why Not Theatre, Ravi Jain, Dawn Jani Birley, Christine Horne, Rick Roberts, Karen Robinson, Maria Vacratsis, Jeff Ho, Lorenzo Savoini, Thomas Ryder Payne, Andre du Toit, 2017, April, Hamlet
Passion and Wit Share the Stage; Shakespeare in Love a Delight
Stratford Festival, Riffs on Shakespeare, National Theatre, ContemporaryRobert Cushman2016, June, Shakespeare in Love, Stratford Festival, Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Tom McCamus, Stephen Ouimette, Luke Humphrey, Shannon Taylor, Tim Carroll, Garth Potter, Ruby Joy, Andre Morin, Sara Farb, Douglas Paraschuk, Yanna McIntosh, Mike Nadajewski, Riffs on Shakespeare
Shakespeare, As You Like It; The Tarragon Adds a Bollywood Twist to Much Ado About Nothing Because, Well, Why Not?
National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Tarragon TheatreRobert Cushman2015, May, Much Ado About Nothing, Tarragon Theatre, Richard Rose, Ravi Jain, Kawa Ada, Ali Momen, Salvatore Antonio, David Adams, Anusree Roy, Alon Nashman, John Cleland, Anand Rajaram, Michelle Tracey
Shakespeare Parts; Productions of Antony and Cleopatra and Cymbeline's Reign, a Variation on the Original, Provide a Study in Editing Contrasts
National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Ruff, Stratford FestivalRobert Cushman2014, August, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline's Reign, Stratford Festival, Shakespeare in the Ruff, Gary Griffin, Tom Patterson Theatre, Geraint Wyn Davies, Yanna McIntosh, Ben Carlson, Tom McCamus, Sophia Walker, Daniel Briere, Antoine Yared, Brian Tree, Stephen Russell, Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Andrew Joseph Richardson, Melee Hutton, Hume Baugh, Victor Dolhai, Jesse Griffiths, David Patrick Flemming, Kaitlyn Riordan, Riffs on Shakespeare
Here Comes the Bard Part: Martha Henry and Luke Humphrey are the main event in Taking Shakespeare
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Martha Henry, Luke Humphrey, John Murrell, Shakespeare, Diana Leblanc, Michael Gianfrancesco, 2013, August, Riffs on Shakespeare, Taking Shakespeare
Oxford In Love: A new movie recycles the debunked theory that Shakespeare's works were written by Edward de Vere
Shakespeare, National Post, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanShakespeare, Vanessa Redgrave, Samuel Schoenbaum, Calvin Hoffman, Richard Burton, Derek Jacobi, Stratford-on-Avon, Robert Greene, Ben Jonson, Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, Edward Bond, Lord Chamberlain's Men, King's Men, John Webster, Mark Rylance, Romeo and Juliet, 2011, November, Henry IV, Riffs on Shakespeare
Competing Visions of How to Play a Tree; Two Plays Set in the Woods Feature Actors in Arboreal Roles
National Post, Contemporary, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanYoung Centre, Theatre Passe Muraille, The Woods, Birnam Wood, Allyson McMackon, Theatre Rusticle, Hume Baugh, Lindsay Anne Black, Macbeth, Maev Beaty, Tara Beagan, Sarah Garton Stanley, Ryan Hollyman, Michelle Latimer, Holly Lewis, MIchelle Monteith, 2010, March, Riffs on Shakespeare
A Life of Rhyme; Simon Callow is bringing to Stratford the closest thing Shakespeare had to an autobiography
Stratford Festival, National Post, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanThere Reigns Love, Simon Callow, Stratford Festival, National Post, Soulpepper, National Theatre, John Gielgud, Michael Langham, Shakespeare, 2008, July, John Padel, Riffs on Shakespeare
A Tale of Old Billy the Bard
Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert Cushman2007, August, Shakespeare's Will, Stratford Festival, Stratford Studio, Vern Thiessen, Miles Potter, Seana McKenna, National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare
William Webster Can't Escape King Lear; Plays Him Straight, and With a Twist
Soulpepper, Shakespeare, Riffs on Shakespeare, Contemporary, National PostRobert Cushman2006, October, King Lear, Soulpepper, Moonhorse Dance Theatre, Shakespeare and the Queen's Men, William Webster, Claudia Moore, Peter Cockett, Matthew Krist, Derek Genova, Julian DeZotti, Don Allison, Alon Nashman, National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare, Henry V
From Slings to Stratford: What the TV Series Reflects About Real Life
Shakespeare, Riffs on Shakespeare, National PostRobert Cushman2006, September, Slings and Arrows, The Movie Network, William Hutt, Don McKellar, Stephen Ouimette, Susan Coyne, National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare
The Beeb Does the Bard: BBC Canada Updates Shakespeare for the Cellphone Set
Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespeare, CBC, Contemporary, National PostRobert Cushman2006, March, CBC, Peter Moffat, James McAvoy, Sarah Wainwright, Damian Lewis, Sarah Parish, David Nicholl, Anthony O'Donnell, Peter Bowker, Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton, Johnny Vega, Riffs on Shakespeare, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing
Doth Romeo Feel Inadequate?
Shakespeare, Young People's Theatre, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert Cushman2004, November, Juliet (and Romeo), Guillermo Verdecchia, Young People's Theatre, Ieva Lucs, Toby Malone, Simon Fon, Benjamin Clost, Karim Morgan, Peter Smith, Rae Ellen Bodie, Riffs on Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare as Inspired Plagiarist
Riffs on Shakespeare, National Post, Bluma AppelRobert CushmanThe Beard of Avon, Bluma Appel, National Post, 2002, November, Amy Freed, David Storch, Shakespeare, Brenda Robins, Stephen Ouimette, Michael Spencer-Davis, Gina Wilkinson, Peter C. Wylde, Peter Hartwell, Riffs on Shakespeare
A Kenetic Richard II Worth Raving About
Shakespeare, Theatre Passe Muraille, National Post, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert Cushman2002, October, Theatre Passe Muraille, Rebecca Brown, Matthew MacFadzean, richardthesecond, Riffs on Shakespeare
Bedford's Shining Strengths
Shakespeare-Inspired Characters, Meet Gord
Riffs on Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert Cushman2002, July, High Gravel Blind, Stratford Festival, Richard Monette, Paul Dunn, Stephen Ouimette, Chick Reid, Damien Atkins, Kimwun Perehinec
Theatre Formed a Strong Connection
Contemporary, National Post, Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson TheatreRobert CushmanJune, 2002, Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Timothy Findley, Riffs on Shakespeare
Always Just a Little Out of Step
Shakespeare, Riffs on Shakespeare, National PostRobert Cushman2002, February, Artword Alternative Theatre, Paula Vogel, Sue Miner, Sarah Neville, Anita La Selva, Brooke Johnson, Riffs on Shakespeare
Tragically, These Heroines Remain Who They Are
Riffs on Shakespeare, Canadian Stage, National Post, ShakespeareRobert Cushman2001, March, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Canadian Stage, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cara Pifko, Juan Chioran, Alisa Palmer, Riffs on Shakespeare
