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Parody a Comedy at Your Peril

Parody a Comedy at Your Peril

Riffs on Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare, ContemporaryRobert CushmanOctober 16, 19991999, October, MacHomer, Rick Miller, Macbeth

(Nearly) Authentic Shakespeare

(Nearly) Authentic Shakespeare

Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe, National PostRobert CushmanSeptember 13, 1999Antony and Cleopatra, Globe Theatre, Giles Block, Mark Rylance, Paul Shelley

Sharp Shakespeare Among the Trees and Passing Cyclists

Sharp Shakespeare Among the Trees and Passing Cyclists

Thunder of Applause for Hutt and History

Thunder of Applause for Hutt and History

Shakespeare as It Was Meant to Be Performed: . . . Whatever That Means: Stratford Explores What Makes the Bard's Words Work

Shakespeare as It Was Meant to Be Performed: . . . Whatever That Means: Stratford Explores What Makes the Bard's Words Work

Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Soulpepper, National PostRobert CushmanMarch 2, 19991999, March, Stratford Festival Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training, Stratford Festival, Richard Monette, Richard Burbage, Nicholas Pennell, Albert Schultz, Thoughts on Shakespeare

Taking Historic Liberties

Taking Historic Liberties

Shakespeare, Royals and Rebels, National PostRobert CushmanFebruary 16, 19991999, February, Henry IV, Royals and Rebels, Sten Erik, David Clark, Stephen Bogaert, Jerry Getty, Dennis O'Connor, Howard Davis

Modernize the Bard? No way!

Modernize the Bard? No way!

Shakespeare, Thoughts On Shakespeare, Globe and MailRobert CushmanDecember 7, 1997Shakespeare, The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged), 1997, December, Thoughts on Shakespeare, Brian Mossop

From What Complex Well Does Shylock's Vitality Spring

From What Complex Well Does Shylock's Vitality Spring

Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Stratford Festival, SpectatorRobert CushmanJune 27, 1997Harold Bloom, Marti Maraden, 1997, June, The Merchant of Venice, Thoughts on Shakespeare

Fool's Paradise Not the Soul of Wit

Fool's Paradise Not the Soul of Wit

Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanApril 7, 1997Solar Stage, Mark Ellis, Gerry Butts, Adrian Hough, Ned Vukovic, Kenneth Branagh, Fool's Paradise, April, 1997, Globe and Mail, 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

Shades of Hamlet

Shades of Hamlet

Shakespeare, Globe and MailRobert CushmanApril 22, 1996Hamlet, Robert Lepage, 1996, April, Premiere Dance Theatre, Riffs on Shakespeare

The Queens Merely Chatter

The Queens Merely Chatter

Shakespeare, Canadian Stage, Globe and MailRobert CushmanNovember 9, 1994Norman Chaurette, Peter Hinton, Linda Gaboriau, Richard III, Marion Gilsenan, Margot Dionne, Tanja Jacobs, 1994, November, Riffs on Shakespeare

Shakespeare, Through the Looking-Glass

Shakespeare, Through the Looking-Glass

Shakespeare, Canadian Stage, Globe and Mail, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanJuly 12, 1994Jeannette Lambermont, Danny Lyne, Alex Fallis, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Phyllis Cohen, Lynne Cormack, Patrick Galligan, Michael Hanrahan, Benedict Campbell, Steve Cumyn, 1994, July, Twelfth Night

The Rise of Edward 04

The Rise of Edward 04

Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Shakespeare in High Park, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanAugust 8, 1992Hardee Linehan, Tanja Jacobs, Juan Chioran, Bob Baker, Peter Hinton, 1992, August, Riffs on Shakespeare, Henry VI

Serban Ionescu Takes On Three Roles in this Brilliant Romanian Dream: A Triple Tour de Force

Serban Ionescu Takes On Three Roles in this Brilliant Romanian Dream: A Triple Tour de Force

Shakespeare, Globe and MailRobert CushmanJune 19, 1992Serban Ionescu, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Serban Cellea, Alex Darie, Teatrul de comedie, du Maurier Ltd. World Stage festival, 1992, June

Finally, a Confident Declaration: This Was a Man

Finally, a Confident Declaration: This Was a Man

Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Columbia University PressRobert CushmanJune 6, 1992Russell Fraser, Thoughts on Shakespeare, 1992, June

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Hart House, Equity ShowcaseRobert CushmanDecember 22, 1990Robert Lepage, Hart House Theatre, Equity Showcase Theatre, Macbeth, University of Toronto, Patrick Garrow, Anna Migliarisi, Equity Showcase, Alex Fallis., David Schurmann, 1990, December

Royal Shakespeare Company Advertising for Help

Royal Shakespeare Company Advertising for Help

Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare, Globe and MailRobert CushmanOctober 2, 1989Ian McKellen, Trevor Nunn, Thoughts on Shakespeare, Willard White, Imogen Stubbs, Zoe Wannamaker, Dustin Hoffman, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989, October, Othello

Shakespeare as Anti-Semite: The Racism in The Merchant of Venice is a Sign of the Bard's Biased Times

Shakespeare as Anti-Semite: The Racism in The Merchant of Venice is a Sign of the Bard's Biased Times

Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Globe and MailRobert CushmanApril 13, 1989David Suchet, Alex Guinness, Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Brian Bedford, Stratford Festival, Canadian Jewish Congress, 1989, April, Thoughts on Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

The Impossible William Shakespeare

The Impossible William Shakespeare

Shakespeare, Globe and MailRobert CushmanJuly 30, 1988Stanley Wells, Gary Taylor, John Jowett, William Montgomery, 1988, July, Globe and Mail, Thoughts on Shakespeare