Actor David Threlfall, best known for playing the feckless Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's Shameless, is to tackle one of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In the Resident Ensemble Players’ stirring production of King Lear, director ...

The Echo Theatre production manages to adapt the tragedy into an often uproarious comedy while staying mostly faithful to the ...

Richard Wilson gives us a haughty, dismissive old Lear - Craig Fleming Clive Brill’s production, while relatively no-frills, is a treat, as well as being a potential blueprint for BBC radio drama.

It is a common reflex to reach for Aristotle’s Poetics to determine what a good tragedy should be. Aristotle says there are good reasons to enjoy a good tragedy, especially if its ergon or telos (its ...

Dennis Raveneau portrays King Lear and Emily Ernst is the Fool in Fair Assembly's upcoming production of Shakespeare's familial tragedy.(Mac Welch) If you’re old enough to play King Lear, the saying ...

Physical media collectors, take note. The Criterion Collection has announced six new Blu-ray releases coming in February 2025, including titles from some of today’s most beloved auteurs and one ...

Musical Fun Home will receive its regional premiere at the Royal Exchange in Manchester as part of a season of work marking the venue's 50th anniversary, which also includes a new production of Stephe ...

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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England — The stage set was haunting in its stark simplicity. Panels of jagged crossbeams evoked skeletal ruins. Lengths of white fabric fluttered like shrouds. For almost any ...

When the apocalypse comes, it will not arrive on the heels of a dreadful, cataclysmic clap of thunder. The earth will revolt in millimeter increments until we are frogs content to sit in a pot of ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The timeless tragedy, King Lear, is set to take center stage at the ...