"Come, sit on me"
The Taming of the Shrew
Christopher Haydon takes Eve Best and John Light over to the Villa Businello-Morassutti in Padua, to make me sure that the world is in need of a proper production of the Best/Light Shrew as they spar achingly, beautifully, with each other. Toby Frow's rambunctious 2012 production also comes up a treat with Samantha Spiro and Simon Paisley Day equally impressing.
The Winter's Tale
And another, with Michelle Terry directing an almost painfully raw performance from Mariah Gale in Apothecaries Hall, her wounded Hermione breathtakingly good, especially with the strong contrast of the vibrant Yoruba production from the Globe II Globe festival.
As You Like It
A curiously low-key take here as Bryan Dick's Touchstone and Marty Cruickshank's Corin wander Belgium's Ardennes Forest with a good deal more time devoted to the clips, in this case from Thea Sharrock's interpretation of the play from 2009, with a stellar Naomi Frederick and Laura Rogers riding roughshod over Jack Laskey.
Labels: Bryan Dick, David Horovitch, Eve Best, John Light, Laura Rogers, Mariah Gale, Michelle Terry, Naomi Frederick, Philip Cumbus, Samantha Spiro, Sarah MacRae, Shakespeare, Simon Paisley Day, Tom Stuart