The 'Insider' Deal With Stratford's New Director
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Antoni Cimolino, 2013, Des McAnuff, Chris Newton, Max Reimer, Michael Langham, John Hirsch, Tom Patterson, Lucy Prebble, 2012, March, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Coriolanus Film Review
Shakespeare, FilmMitchell CushmanCoriolanus, Ralph Fiennes, Marlon Brando, John Logan, Gerard Butler, Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Nicol Williamson, Martha Henry, Jessica Chastain
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
Games People Play: Stratford's take on Twelfth Night is the most satisfying Shakespeare
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanTwelfth Night, Stratford Festival, National Post, Des McAnuff, Michael Roth, Ben Carlson, Debra Hanson, Suzy Jane Hunt, Timothy D. Stickney, Mike Shara, Sara Topham, Tom Rooney, Juan Chorian, 2011, July
Quite A Bit of the Ultra Violence
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanTitus Andronicus, Stratford Festival, National Post, Darko Tresnjak, Shakespeare, John Vickery, Dion Johnstone, Claire Lautier, Amanda Lisman, David Ferry, Sean Arbuckle, 2011, July
Stormy Soliloquies
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanBen Jonson, Estelle Shook, David Janssen, Kelly McIntosh, Jovanni Sy, Nicole Robert, George Masswohl, Sean Dixon, John Blackwood, Jasmine Chen, Sheldon Davis, Richard Alan Campbell, John Dolan, Michael Rawley, Alex Dault, Jennifer Toulmin, Jonathan Munro, Caden Douglas, Ryan Hollyman, Kristian Bruun, Scott Hurst, Ruby Joy, Brett Christopher, Robert Joy, 2011, July, Canadian Stage, Shakespeare in High Park, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest
An Unwinnable Game of Thrones?
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanRichard III, Stratford Festival, National Post, Seana McKenna, Miles Potter, Gareth Potter, Peter Hartwell, Buckingham, Wayne Best, Shane Carty, Michael Spencer-Davis, Nigel Bennett, David Ferry, Edward IV, Cyrus Lane, Oliver Becker, Sean Arbuckle, Martha Henry, Wars of the Roses, Roberta Maxwell, Yanna McIntosh, Bethany Jillard, 2011, June
We All Laugh At Falstaff
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Geraint Wyn Davies, Robert Perdziola, Frank Galati, Tom Rooney, Ian Richardson, Lucy Peacock, Laura Condlin, Tom McCamus, Andrew Gillies, Nigel Bennett, James Blendick, Justice Shallow, Christopher Prentice, 2011, June, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV
Shards of the Bard
National Post, Shakespeare, Thoughts On ShakespeareRobert CushmanStephen Marche, National Post, Eugene Schiffelin, New York, Central Park, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marjorie Garber, Shakespeare in Modern Culture, Leonard Whiting, Paul Robeson, Laurence Olivier, Julius Caesar, George Orwell, King Lear, Hamlet, 2011, May, The Merchant of Venice, The Winter's Tale, Henry IV, Thoughts on Shakespeare
And Now, Something For the Lovers
National Post, Shakespeare, SoulpepperRobert CushmanA Midsummer Night's Dream, Soulpepper, National Post, Mike Ross, Brendan Wall, Abena Malika, Karen Rae, As You Like It, Soulpepper Academy, Peter Brook, Rick Roberts, Shakespeare, Trish Lindstrom, Ins Choi, Gregory Prest, Oliver Dennis, Michael Hanrahan, Michael Simpson, John Jarvis, William Webster, Jason Rothery, John Hodgman, 2011, February
Love in the Time of Victrola and Silent Film; Stratford Fest's Two Gentlemen of Verona Meant to be Good Fun
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanRobert Persichini, Bruce Dow, Andrew Gillies, Wayne Best, Stephen Russell, Claire Lautier, Sophia Walker, Gareth Potter, Dion Johnstone, Dean Gabourie, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare, August, 2010, National Post, Stratford Festival, Stratford Studio
Kiss and Ride; Shakespeare's Tamous Lovers Take the Train to High Park
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanChristine Horne, Jeff Irving, Caroline Gillis, Peter N Bailey, Jamie Robinson, Ron Kennell, Lisa Berry, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare in High Park, 2010, July
Forgive and Regret
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanMarti Maraden, Ben Carlson, Seana McKenna, Yanna McIntosh, Brian Tree, Mike Shara, Tom Rooney, Dan Chameroy, Cara Ricketts, Ian Lake, John Pennoyer, Randy Hughson, Anthony Black, Luminato, Christian Barry, Jerry Franken, Barbara Gordon, Stratford Festival, June, 2010, Tom Patterson, National Post, 2b Theatre, The Winter's Tale
'Start to Finish, This is an Intoxicating Show'; Stratford Festival Begins with a Bang
Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford Festival, MusicalRobert CushmanJohn Doyle, Kiss me Kate, Kristian Truelsen, Chillina Kenney, Mike Jackson, Christopher Sly, Juan Chioran, Monique Lund, Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack, David Farley, Steve Ross, Cliff Saunders, Tracey Flye, June, 2010, National Post, Stratford Festival, Riffs on Shakespeare
We'd Go Mad Too if We Were Involved with Him; Gord Rand is so Tortured, He's Terrific as Hamlet
National Post, Shakespeare, Necessary AngelRobert CushmanHamlet, November, 2009, Necessary Angel Theatre, Gord Rand, Graham McLaren, Tara Nicodemo, Benedict Campbell, Laura de Carteret, Eric Peterson, Steven McCarthy, Christopher Morris, Robert Persichini, Gray Powell
Scottish Theatre Actor Adopted Canadian Stage
Shakespeare, National PostRobert CushmanRichard Monette, Douglas Campbell, Stratford Festival, Old Vic, Martha Henry, Ann Casson, Sybil Thorndike, Benedict Campbell, Seana McKenna, John Hirsch, Bard on the Beach, Tyrone Guthrie, 2009, October, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Mum's the Word at Dream in High Park; This Tempest Twists Gender Roles, but the Magic Still Works
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in High Park, National PostRobert CushmanThe Tempest, Canadian Stage, Shakespeare in High Park, National Post, July, 2009, Karen Robinson, Shakespeare, Sue Miner, Taylor Trowbridge, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Audrey Dwyer, Ron Kennell, Mark Crawford, Jason Gray, Robert Dodd, Liz Gordon, Tracy Ferencz, Karl Ang
Not Quite the Sum of its Parts
National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanStratford Festival, Shakespeare, National Post, Julius Caesar, June, 2009, Tom Rooney, Ben Carlson, Jonathan Goad, Geraint Wyn Davies, James Macdonald, David Boechler
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
Back to the Future
National Post, Stratford Festival, ShakespeareRobert CushmanStratford Festival, National Post, Antoni Cimolino, Megan Follows, Stephen Ouimette, Richard Monette, Des McAnuff, William Gaskill, Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Stage, William Hutt, 2009, May, Thoughts on Shakespeare
