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The Winter’s Tale; Harlequinade; All on Her Own review – a gift to eye and heart
Edit The Guardian 15 Nov 2015
Garrick theatre, London. Kenneth Branagh is tremendous in a magical The Winter’s Tale, though Judi Dench isn’t half bad either… ... The Winter’s Tale is possibly Shakespeare’s most perfect play with its rhythm of lost and found – a tarnished fairytale that redeems itself ... Twitter ... Hadley Fraser’s Polixenes is handsomely wronged, John Shrapnel’s Camillo is subtle and believable ... John Dagleish’s Autolycus is a beguiling conman ... Twitter ... ....
Harlequinade/All on Her Own review – Branagh and co send up vanished theatrical world
Edit The Guardian 09 Nov 2015
4 / 5 stars. Garrick, London. Zoë Wanamaker is in soul-baring form in Rattigan double-bill depicting the actor-manager tradition the Branagh season is designed to subvert ... Miranda Raison looks too young to be plausible as his equally ageing Juliet, but there are sharply-defined cameos from Tom Bateman as a harassed stage manager, John Shrapnel as a mutinous old pro and Zoë Wanamaker as a hilariously soused theatrical Dame ... ....
'The Winter's Tale'/'All On Her Own'/'Harlequinade': Theater Review
Edit The Hollywood Reporter 09 Nov 2015
0. 1. 2. 0. 0. Email Print Comments. Courtesy of Johan Persson. Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh in 'The Winter's Tale'. The Bottom Line ... Venue ... Jan ... Tom Bateman, Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley, John Dagleish, Judi Dench, Miranda Raison, Zoe Wanamaker Playwrights ... Tom Bateman, Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley, Vera Chok, John Dagleish, Judi Dench, Hadley Fraser, John Colgrave Hirst, Michael Pennington, Miranda Raison, John Shrapnel, Zoe Wanamaker....
Harlequinade/All On Her Own review - Branagh and co send up vanished theatrical world
Edit The Guardian 08 Nov 2015
4 / 5 stars. Garrick, London. Zoë Wanamaker is in soul-baring form in Rattigan double-bill depicting the actor-manager tradition the Branagh season is designed to subvert ... Miranda Raison looks too young to be plausible as his equally ageing Juliet, but there are sharply-defined cameos from Tom Bateman as a harassed stage manager, John Shrapnel as a mutinous old pro and Zoë Wanamaker as a hilariously soused theatrical Dame ... ....
Abramorama picks up 'Hamlet' from Little Film Company
Edit IMDb 11 Sep 2015
The production was filmed at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and also stars John Shrapnel, Barbara Marten, Gillian Bevan, Katie West and Thomas Arnold ... Richard Abramowitz, president of Abramorama, negotiated the deal ». ....
A Number review – Caryl Churchill explores the danger of artificial creation
Edit The Guardian 08 Jul 2015
Sons and fathers … Lex and John Shrapnel in A Number by Caryl Churchill ... Following Timothy and Samuel West’s performances in 2010, real-life father and son John and Lex Shrapnel use their own instinctive bond to explore the dangerous possibilities of artificial creation. Shrapnel père superbly suggests that the father, Salter, is motivated by a mix of guilt, vanity and greed....
A Number, theatre review: A powerful game of clones at the Young Vic
Edit London Evening Standard 08 Jul 2015
It’s a wonderful riff on the themes of the play, amplified further when more mirrors reflect infinitely receding images of real-life father and son Salter (John Shrapnel) and Bernard (Lex Shrapnel) ... Churchill chews over these meaty issues with relish — what ultimately makes us ourselves? — and Shrapnel père et fils square up impressively, the former pugnacious yet frightened and the latter shape-shifting with aplomb ... -->. Ads by Google....
Cannes: Little Film Company acquires 'Hamlet' starring Maxine Peake
Edit Screen Daily 07 May 2015
Newly filmed version of the stage production stars Maxine Peake as Shakespeare’s Dane ... Sarah Frankcom, artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, directed the stage production. The stage production, filmed using eight cameras, will screen in the Marché on May 18 ... The production also stars John Shrapnel as Claudius/Ghost, Barbara Marten as Gertrude, Gillian Bevan as Polonia, Katie West as Ophelia and Thomas Arnold as Horatio ... ....
Maxine Peake as Hamlet review – fast, fluent and revelatory
Edit The Guardian 19 Mar 2015
4 / 5 stars. Cross-dressing as the prince of Denmark is no gimmick. it brings a fresh edge of alienation and anger to the role. Katie West (left) as Ophelia and Maxine Peake as Hamlet ... This is a truculent and lairy Hamlet; Peake really lets rip with Hamlet’s bipolar delirium, and the production intelligently preserves the eternal mystery around the relationship of the usurper Claudius (John Shrapnel) and Gertrude (Barbara Marten) ... ....
Maxine Peake as Hamlet is coming to a cinema near you
Edit The Independent 29 Jan 2015
Maxine Peake’s acclaimed turn as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy is coming to a cinema near you this spring ... Joining Peake in the cast are John Shrapnel, Barbara Marten, Gillian Bevan, Katie West and Thomas Arnold ... ....
Trailer: Maxine Peake as Hamlet
Edit The Daily Telegraph 28 Jan 2015
The Royal Exchange's gender-bending production of Hamlet comes to cinemas. By Anna Baddeley, video source Picturehouse Entertainment. 7.00AM GMT 28 Jan 2015. Comments ... Maxine Peake is a familiar face to TV viewers ... This fresh adaptation also stars Gillian Bevan as 'Polonia', John Shrapnel as Claudius, Barbara Marten as Gertrude and Katie West as Ophelia ... Film ... Elton John tops the Official Charts Company ranking for the best-selling singles....
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