Mood Board: October 2017

Shakespeare Sunday: Coriolanus

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts. 

'Some parcels of their power are forth already' Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 2

Rome: Superpower in the Making

Shakespeare Sunday: Julius Caesar

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts.

'I come to fetch you to the Senate House' Julius Caesar, Act 2, Scene 2 

The Morning Salutatio: Caesar's Fatal Errors 

Review: RSC, Coriolanus

In Ancient Rome, all people - from the simplest plebian to the most brilliant general - struggle to adapt to times of peace...

Coriolanus was the last of Shakespeare's plays to be featured in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2017 Rome Season. Having enjoyed the fantastic productions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus, I looked forward to Coriolanus - a play I had previously been unfamiliar with. Here's my thoughts. 

Shakespeare Sunday: The Tempest

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts.

'Thy thoughts I cleave to...' The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1

Ariel: A Figment of Imagination? 

Shakespeare Sunday: Richard II and Henry VI Part 3

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts.

'Let us sit upon the ground...' Richard II, Act 3, Scene 2
'Here on this molehill will I sit me down...' Henry VI Part 3, Act 2, Scene 5

Kings Brought Low: Comparing Richard and Henry 

Review: RSC, Dido Queen of Carthage

In the kingdom of the gods, Jupiter and his dysfunctional family revel in hedonism, cruelty and spite... 

Consistently awarded four and five stars, and hailed as the finest show of the RSC's summer season, to see Dido, Queen of Carthage was an absolute must. And what a treat it was: visually spellbinding and delivered with clarity and poise, Christopher Marlowe's play was brought into vivid technicolour in this spectacular production. Here's my thoughts. 

Shakespeare Sunday: Henry V

Here is the first of my 'Shakespeare Sunday' features, where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts. 

'A little touch of Harry in the night...' Henry V, Act IV, Prologue 

Consider the Chorus: An Unreliable Narrator?