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All's Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
King John
King Lear
Love's Labour's Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III
Romeo & Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Noble Kinsmen
The Winter's Tale
Riffs on Shakespeare
Thoughts on Shakespeare
The collected reviews of internationally acclaimed theatre critic Robert Cushman.
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The Collected
“Thoughts on Shakespeare”
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Apr 28, 2019
Thoughts On Shakespeare
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Stratford Festival
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Stratford and Shaw Preview 2019
Apr 28, 2019
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Apr 28, 2019
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May 26, 2014
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
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
May 26, 2014
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May 26, 2014
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Mar 13, 2012
Shakespeare
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National Post
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Stratford Festival
The 'Insider' Deal With Stratford's New Director
Mar 13, 2012
Shakespeare
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National Post
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Stratford Festival
Mar 13, 2012
Shakespeare
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National Post
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Stratford Festival
Nov 27, 2011
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
Theatrical Maverick With a Golden Voice
Nov 27, 2011
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Nov 27, 2011
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
May 28, 2011
National Post
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
Shards of the Bard
May 28, 2011
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May 28, 2011
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Jan 18, 2011
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
He Mined the Energy In the Text
Jan 18, 2011
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
Jan 18, 2011
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Oct 8, 2009
Shakespeare
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National Post
Scottish Theatre Actor Adopted Canadian Stage
Oct 8, 2009
Shakespeare
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National Post
Oct 8, 2009
Shakespeare
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National Post
May 30, 2009
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Shakespeare
Back to the Future
May 30, 2009
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Shakespeare
May 30, 2009
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Shakespeare
Jan 24, 2009
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Contemporary
Pop Goes The Bard
Jan 24, 2009
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Contemporary
Jan 24, 2009
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Contemporary
Sep 11, 2008
National Post
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Eye for Actors and a Nose for the Text
Sep 11, 2008
National Post
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Sep 11, 2008
National Post
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May 26, 2008
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National Post
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It's Bigger. It's Bolder. It's Possibly the Best Ever. Stratford Fest; Actors From Seasons Past Return to Stage
May 26, 2008
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May 26, 2008
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Shakespeare
Feb 27, 2008
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Do As She Does and As She Says
Feb 27, 2008
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Feb 27, 2008
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Oct 6, 2007
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It's Curtains for Actors' Director; The Stratford Festival Bids Farewell to Richard Monette
Oct 6, 2007
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National Post
Oct 6, 2007
Shakespeare
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
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National Post
Sep 1, 2007
Shakespeare
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
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Yale University Press
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National Post
Things Dreamt Of in His Philosophy; A British Scholar and Critic Traces Shakespeare's Ideas From Play to Play
Sep 1, 2007
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Yale University Press
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National Post
Sep 1, 2007
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Yale University Press
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National Post
Jun 28, 2007
Shakespeare
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National Post
Man as Masterpiece; Between Stratford's First Season and his Final Lear, William Hutt Became the World's Best
Jun 28, 2007
Shakespeare
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National Post
Jun 28, 2007
Shakespeare
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National Post
May 28, 2006
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Taking Help From Those Who Need It: OCAP is Protesting Stratford Theatre Reliant on Aid
May 28, 2006
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May 28, 2006
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May 9, 2006
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'I'm Going For Broke': William Hutt Plays his Fourth Prospero at Stratford
May 9, 2006
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May 9, 2006
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Feb 25, 2005
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Tom Patterson Theatre
From Steam to Shakespeare: Tom Patterson Put Stratford, Ont., Back on the Map
Feb 25, 2005
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Tom Patterson Theatre
Feb 25, 2005
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Tom Patterson Theatre
Jul 28, 2004
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Thoughts On Shakespeare
Lessons From a Vulgar Showman
Jul 28, 2004
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Jul 28, 2004
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Apr 5, 2004
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When Ustinov Was King; Peter Ustinov put his obsession with Lear to good use at Stratford
Apr 5, 2004
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National Post
Apr 5, 2004
Shakespeare
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National Post
Feb 2, 2004
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Royal Shakespeare Company
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'Everything Going for It Except God': Royal Shakespeare Company Has Made an Indelible Mark
Feb 2, 2004
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Royal Shakespeare Company
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National Post
Feb 2, 2004
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Royal Shakespeare Company
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National Post
May 26, 2003
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Stratford's Year of Living Adventurously
May 26, 2003
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National Post
May 26, 2003
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Nov 8, 2002
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The Return of the King
Nov 8, 2002
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Nov 8, 2002
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Jun 29, 2002
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A Man of the Theatre: Findley as Playwright
Jun 29, 2002
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Jun 29, 2002
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Jun 5, 2002
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All's Well That Starts Well: The Stratford Festival Began in 1953 Under the Stewardship of Tyron Guthrie. He Proved to be the Right Man in the Right Place for Canada's Nascent Theatre Scene
Jun 5, 2002
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Jun 5, 2002
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Feb 10, 2001
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The Play's the Thing, Catching More Than Kings
Feb 10, 2001
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National Post
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Shakespeare
Feb 10, 2001
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National Post
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Shakespeare
Aug 26, 2000
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The Grande Dame of Stratford
Aug 26, 2000
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Aug 26, 2000
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Aug 16, 2000
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An Iambic Pentameter You Can Dance To: Adding Music to the Bard
Aug 16, 2000
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National Post
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Shakespeare
Aug 16, 2000
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National Post
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Shakespeare
Aug 8, 2000
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National Post
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A Great Talent; A Modest Man: He Was Counted Among the Finest of the Century's Actors
Aug 8, 2000
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National Post
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Aug 8, 2000
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May 29, 2000
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With Him Dies an Era of Theatrical Giants
May 29, 2000
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National Post
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Shakespeare
May 29, 2000
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Shakespeare