The Night Heir: Macbeth works surprisingly well as an al fresco tragedy
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanMacbeth, Dream in High Park, National Post, Shakespeare, Ker Wells, Hugh Thompson, Kevin MacDonald, Greg Gale, Thomas Olajide, Philippa Domville, 2013, July
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 Tempting Tyrant; Colm Feore is Macbeth, and He Knows Just What He Speaks
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanShakespeare, Stratford Festival, Macbeth, June, 2009, National Post, Des McAnuff, Colm Feore, Yanna McIntosh, Sean Arbuckle, Peter Hutt, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom Rooney
The Next Generation of Angry Scottish Kings
Shakespeare, Brooklyn Academy of Music, National PostRobert Cushman2008, March, Macbeth, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Rupert Goold, Kate Fleetwood, Michael Feast, Tim Treloar, Patrick Stewart
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
The Scottish Play's Curse Finally Lifts
Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, National PostRobert Cushman2004, June, Macbeth, Stratford Festival, John Wood, Graham Abbey, Lucy Peacock, Joyce Campion, Rita Howell, William Needles, Robert Persichini, Gil Wechsler
A Lady Macbeth Impossible to Resist
Shakespeare, Coronation Park, National PostRobert Cushman2002, July, Macbeth, Michael Shamata, David Jansen, Colombe Demers, Paul Fauteux, Glyn Thomas, Allan Hawco, Philip Riccio, Peter Elliot
Dial MMMMMM For Murder
Contemporary, National Post, SoulpepperRobert Cushman2001, August, Soulpepper, National Post, Macbeth, MacHomer, Rick Miller, Riffs on Shakespeare
Parody a Comedy at Your Peril
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Hart House, Equity ShowcaseRobert CushmanRobert Lepage, Hart House Theatre, Equity Showcase Theatre, Macbeth, University of Toronto, Patrick Garrow, Anna Migliarisi, Equity Showcase, Alex Fallis., David Schurmann, 1990, December
Kings and Drag Queens
Observer, Royal Shakespeare Company, ShakespeareRobert CushmanAugust, 1983, Macbeth, Howard Davies, Bob Peck, David Waller, Pete Postlethwaite, Malcolm Storry, Geoffrey Freshwater, Sara Kestelman, Nigel Hess, Chris Dyer, Teatro Colletivo di Parma, Royal Shakespeare Company, Henry IV
Double Toil and Trouble
Observer, Old Vic, ShakespeareRobert Cushman1980, September, The Old Vic, Macbeth, Peter O'Toole, Frances Tomelty, Brian Blessed, Dudley Sutton
Howard’s Trumpet Concerto
Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Shakespeare, ObserverRobert Cushman1978, June, Coriolanus, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, The Aldwych, Olivier Theatre, Terry Hands, Alan Howard, Albert Finney, Maxine Audley, Julian Glover, Jeffrey Dench, Graham Crowden, Dorothy Tutin, Nicky Henson, Robin Bailey, Peter Hall
Hitting the Bullseyes
Observer, Royal Shakespeare Company, ShakespeareRobert CushmanMacbeth, September, 1977, Royal Shakespeare Company, Marie Kean, Judith Harte, Susan Drury, Griffith Jones, John Woodvine, Bob Peck, Roger Ree, Ian McDiarmid, Greg Hicks, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Trevor Nunn
Triumphant Tragedy
Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare, ObserverRobert Cushman1976, September, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Observer, Trevor Nunn, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Ian McDiarmid
Undermining Shakespeare
Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare, ObserverRobert CushmanHelen Mirren, Ron Pember, Gordon Jackson, Nicol Williamson, Trevor Nunn, Aldwych Theatre, Macbeth, 1975, March, Paul Scofield
A Famous Thane