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Posts Tagged: Shakespeare

WATCH: Love’s Labour’s Lost? Cameron mocks Corbyn with a tribute to Shakespeare

The Prime Minister wondered if the Opposition’s reshuffle might run on into a Twelfth Night.

6 January 2016 | 3 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron treats Corbyn with superfluous rudeness

The Labour Leader got through by sticking with grim determination to the floods.

By Andrew Gimson | 6 January 2016 | 44 comments

Daniel Hannan MEP: “Centuries of sorrow in a mingled melody.” The Merchant of Venice at the Globe.

It has always struck me as among the most problematic of all Shakespeare’s plays. But the director, Jonathan Munby, found a way to deal brilliantly with the difficulties.

By Daniel Hannan MEP | 10 June 2015 | 5 comments

Daniel Hannan MEP: Scowl, and you’ll help to lose the EU referendum. Smile, and you’ll help to win it.

Reflecting people’s gripes back at them will take you only so far. To get further, you must also offer something better.

By Daniel Hannan MEP | 18 March 2015 | 47 comments

Who’s really to blame for this modern Greek tragedy?

The masters of the Eurozone have decided to make an example of Greece – which explains why so little ground was given in the recent negotiations.

By Peter Franklin | 3 March 2015 | 26 comments

Nadhim Zahawi MP: Why support for the arts shouldn’t be the state’s responsibility alone

Some of our best-known artists lean to the left. But there’s a strong case for the claim that we are the real party of culture.

By Nadhim Zahawi MP | 15 December 2014 | 51 comments

WATCH: “When I see the cross of St George…”

Nadhim Zahawi was on patriotic form in today’s session of PMQs.

26 November 2014 | 11 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: white van man becomes the arbiter of politics

We got Shakespeare driving a white van, or at least commenting on one, but he was trumped by an MP who actually has white vans in his family.

By Andrew Gimson | 26 November 2014 | 24 comments

Graeme Archer: Miliband and His Problems (as T.S.Eliot nearly wrote)

UKIP and Russell Brand have little in common – except they both threaten the Labour leader.

By Graeme Archer | 30 October 2014 | 48 comments

Adrian Hilton: If Robin Williams had played King Lear…

The deceased actor was a genius, capable of tragedy as well as comedy. That’s why I wanted him to take on one of the great Shakespearian roles.

By Adrian Hilton | 16 August 2014 | 18 comments

Adrian Hilton: All actors should be allowed to play disabled roles

Restricting disabled roles to disabled actors isn’t just a potential bar to the creation of great art – it overlooks worse prejudices faced by the disabled.

By Adrian Hilton | 10 April 2014 | 25 comments

Kate Maltby: A tragic Duchess in a glorious Globe

Kate Maltby reviews the new production of John Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ in London’s Globe theatre.

By Kate Maltby | 30 January 2014 | 24 comments

Interview: John Redwood outlines a doctrine of coercive loyalty

According to the senior backbencher, Tory rebels are pushing the Government towards popular policies on migration, energy and sovereignty.

By Andrew Gimson | 22 January 2014 | 56 comments

Kate Maltby: Coriolanus – a man who really does hate the “plebs”

Kate Maltby reviews the Donmar Warehouse’s new production of Shakespeare’s play.

By Kate Maltby | 19 December 2013 | 3 comments

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