420 years after its first performance, Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus returns to The Rose Playhouse, Bankside. In this version the original text has been cut down to an 80-minute one-man piece. It’s a bold move that unfortunately doesn’t pay off. At the core of what has made Doctor Faustus a universal play and often quoted […]
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Not much pointless pondering: Hamlet at the Rose Theatre, Bankside
The story of the young Dane contemplating how to take revenge on the uncle who has murdered his father has been done uncountable times by companies throughout the centuries. In this version by director Martin Parr, Hamlet is not given much time to pointlessly ponder his actions. At the Rose, Bankside. The story of the […]