Southampton MAST, October 21, 2022, TANGLE theatre group Shakespeare wrote ten history plays centred on the English crown. Eight of them form an unbroken sequence, starting with Richard II and ending with Richard III (with three Henrys / six plays in between). Together, they chart the story of how Richard II’s overthrow by Henry Bolingbroke … Continue reading Richard II
May 25, 2022, Shakespeare's Globe, London Thin slicing is a concept from behavioural science that describes the ability to make pretty accurate generalisations about someone’s character based on a very narrow window of experience. I’ve heard it described as being a bit like a cake. If you take a very thin slice of a cake, … Continue reading Henry VIII
October 6, 2022, RSC, Stratford-Upon-Avon. All’s Well That Ends Well is one of those Shakespeare plays that is known a lot more for its title than for its plot (see also The Comedy of Errors). It’s been put on by the RSC only roughly once every ten years. And that’s not a huge surprise. It’s … Continue reading All’s Well That Ends Well
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