by Annette Rubery | May 3, 2023 | Literature, Shakespeare
Cymbeline directed by Gregory Doran (2023). Gregory Doran’s production of Cymbeline at the Royal Shakespeare Company (2023) is a triumph. It’s the 50th production which Doran (now Artistic Director Emeritus) has staged for the company, and quite a challenge (the...
by Annette Rubery | Feb 24, 2023 | Galley proof
Lunar Men Boulton, Watt and Murdoch by William Bloye and Raymond Forbes-Kings. Photo: Elliott Brown. We hear a lot these days about the Grand Challenges – how we, as a species, are going to solve the most pressing problems facing the world. The received wisdom...
by Annette Rubery | Feb 3, 2023 | Literature
Wilhelm Marstrand, Don Quixote og Sancho Panza ved en skillevej, uden datering (efter 1847). Wikimedia Commons. Can there be anything more daunting than writing about Don Quixote? In the same way as Shakespeare, Cervantes is such a towering figure in world literature...
by Annette Rubery | Jan 6, 2023 | Theatre History, Woffington
Figure 1: Peg Woffington by John Lewis, oil on canvas, feigned oval 1753. National Portrait Gallery, London. On January 29th 1753 at Smock Alley playhouse in Dublin, Peg Woffington performed in drag as Lothario in Nicholas Rowe’s tragedy The Fair Penitent (Greene...
by Annette Rubery | Jun 4, 2021 | Pets
It was in the summer of 2020 that we spotted an advert for Rusty on an animal shelter’s website. “I’m a big cuddly boy who came to the centre after being found as a stray injured and hungry,” it said. “As you can see, I haven’t had a great life on the streets, I...
