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More Sinned Against

More Sinned Against

National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanMay 29, 2014Stratford Festival, National Post, Colm Feore, Antoni Cimolino, Maev Beaty, Scott Wentworth, Evan Buliung, Sara Farb, Stephen Ouimette, Liisa Repo-Martell, King Lear, 2014, May

The Year of Lear; Once Thought Too Painful to Perform, Shakespeare's Merciless & Kingly Tale Calls Out the Best in Those Who Present It, Which in 2014 Seems to be Everyone

The Year of Lear; Once Thought Too Painful to Perform, Shakespeare's Merciless & Kingly Tale Calls Out the Best in Those Who Present It, Which in 2014 Seems to be Everyone

Shards of the Bard

Shards of the Bard

Eye for Actors and a Nose for the Text

Eye for Actors and a Nose for the Text

National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanSeptember 11, 2008Richard Monette, Tarragon Theatre, Stratford Festival, King Lear, William Hutt, Peter Hinton, Michael Langham, 2008, September, Thoughts on Shakespeare

A Monarch Divided as He Seems to mend

A Monarch Divided as He Seems to mend

William Webster Can't Escape King Lear; Plays Him Straight, and With a Twist

William Webster Can't Escape King Lear; Plays Him Straight, and With a Twist

For This Take on the Bard, It's All About Family Matters

For This Take on the Bard, It's All About Family Matters

When Ustinov Was King; Peter Ustinov put his obsession with Lear to good use at Stratford

When Ustinov Was King; Peter Ustinov put his obsession with Lear to good use at Stratford

Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert CushmanApril 5, 20042004, April, Thoughts on Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National Post, Peter Ustinov, King Lear, Robin Phillips, Douglas Rain, Jim McQueen, Martha Henry, Patricia Connolly, William Hutt

His Performance Is Fit For a King

His Performance Is Fit For a King

This Is a Lear Who's Read Lear

This Is a Lear Who's Read Lear

Riffs on Shakespeare, Necessary Angel, National Post, ShakespeareRobert CushmanJanuary 10, 20002000, January, Hysterica, King Lear, Richard Rose, Necessary Angel Theatre, Maria Vacratsis, Maggie Huculak, Duncan Ollerenshaw, Hamish McEwan, Teresa Przybylski, Riffs on Shakespeare

William Hutt Gives Performance Fit For a King

William Hutt Gives Performance Fit For a King

Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanNovember 12, 1996William Hutt, Richard Monette, Stratford Festival, Jordan Pettle, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Robertson Davies, Martha Burns, Geordie Johnson, King Lear, Diane D'Aquila, 1996, November

Waspish Celebration

Waspish Celebration

Observer, Royal Shakespeare Company, ShakespeareRobert CushmanJune 5, 1983June, 1983, King Lear, Edward Bond, Adrian Noble, Michael Gambon, Antony Sher, Michael Williams, Malcolm Storry, Sara Kestelman

Every Inch, a King

Every Inch, a King

Kings and Clowns

Kings and Clowns

Observer, Royal Shakespeare Company, ShakespeareRobert CushmanJuly 4, 1982July, 1982, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Michael Gambon, Antony Sher, Adrian Noble, Jonathan Hyde, Alice Krige, David Waller

Home With Sir Ralph

Home With Sir Ralph

Royal Shakespeare CompanyRobert CushmanMay 8, 1977King Lear, Trevor Nunn, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Meg Davies, Bob Peck, Michael Pennington, Donald Sinden, May, 1977, Aldwych Theatre

Updating King Lear

Updating King Lear

Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare, ObserverRobert CushmanDecember 5, 19761976, December, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Trevor Nunn, John Barton, Barry Kyle, Donald Sinde, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Judi Dench, Marilyn Taylerson, Michael Williams, Robin Ellis, Tony Church, John Woodvine