Adapting
Children's Classics for the Stage
Article from the "Independent" by Jenny Gilbert
Politics
and British Theatre
An article from the "Independent" (26th Jan., 2001) about the dearth
of modern British theatre dealing with politics and with Alistair
Beaton's Feelgood.
Young
Blood Transfusion
The Times : feature on the lack of opportunities for up-and-coming
young directors.
The
Year They Invented Shakespeare
From the Independent: Paul Taylor talks to playwright Peter Barnes
about his Jubilee for the RSC.
This
Game Was Too Much Like Reality
Guardian: Michael Billington reflects on the closure of The Beautiful
Game.
Return
of the Twister
A "Times" article by Ian Johns about the effect Sleuth
had on the stage thriller, now that it is being revived at the Apollo
(10th July, 2002).
Things
Can Only Get Better
A "Guardian" article: as the Treasury rethinks its arts
funding, Martin Kettle asks if we are ruled by philistines, referring
to an interview given by Tom Stoppard in the "New Statesman".
Who
Are the Boldest and the Best?
The "Guardian's" survey of British Theatre now.
To
Be or Not to Be the Artistic Director of the RSC
An "Observer" article by Vanessa Thorpe in which she looks
at the favoutites for the job.
The
Wheel Has Come Full Circle
"Times" columnist Richard Morrison wites about arts programmes
on TV.
Corin
Redgrave
A "Telegraph" feature in which Miranda Carter talks to Corin
Redgrave about his career and his one-man play Blunt Speaking.
Wooing
back the stars is the new lead's role
"Guardian" article about the appointment of Michael Boyd
to the artistic directorship of the RSC
Man
with a vision and mountain of problems
Michael Billington's comments on the Boyd appointment
Good
luck, Michael, nobody wins if you fail
Thomas Sutcliffe in the "Independent" on Boyd's appointment
Something
Old, Something New
A "Guardian" article about the place of new writing at Shakespeare's
Globe.
Is
the Fringe Losing Its Cutting Edge?
Article from the "Scotsman" on controversies (or lack of
them) at the Fringe.
Edward
Woodward - Once More unto the Breach
Interview by Sally Vincent in The Guardian, related to his playing
the lead in the new play Goodbye Gilbert Harding.
Christopher
Eccleston and Hamlet
Guardian interview and feature by Libby Brooks
A
Sea of Woes
Bulldozers, celebrities, a Bard theme park - what is really going
on at the RSC? - an article by Roy Hattersley in The Guardian.
Sleaze
Nation
Everyone from Shaw to Miller saw their plays banned in Britain - thanks
to the censors' exceptionally filthy minds. Article by Peter Hall
in The Guardian.
Stage
Flight
British theatre is losing its best talents - to the rest of the world.
What's so bad about the UK? Article from the Guardian by Michael Billington.
We're
in the Money
Brian Logan writes in the Guardian on the effects of the extra cash
from ACE for English theatre.
Psychodrama
- Jung and Freud
In a "Telegraph" article, A.C. Grayling looks at the background
to Christopher Hampton's play The Talking Cure.
The
Hamiltons Hoof It
Tom Payne of the "Telegraph" plays the back end of the Daisy
the Cow at the Yvonne Arnaud panto, alongside the Hamiltons, and reveals
all (about being a cow, the Hamiltons and how the rest of the cast
respond to them).
The
Politics of Applause
A fascinating article by Douglas Kennedy from the Evening Standard
on why New York audiences give standing ovations and London audiences
don't.
