Fresh prince of Soulpepper: Schultz plumbs Hamlet's depths
      
        
      
      
        National Post, Shakespeare, SoulpepperRobert Cushman2005, August, Hamlet, Soulpepper, National Post, Albert Schultz, Oliver Dennis, Joseph Ziegler, William Webster, Patricia Fagan, Sean Gallagher, Oliver Becker, Nancy Palk, Peter Hartwell, Sanjay Talwar, Derek Boyes
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      This Merchant is an Easy Sell: Despite Shylock's Surprising Sex Change
      
        
      
      
        National Post, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the RoughRobert Cushman2005, August, Shakespeare in the Rough, Jani Lauzon, Sanjay Talwar, Michael Blake, Carly Street, The Merchant of Venice
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Two Takes on Love, Dark and Fair: A Dream of a Dream, and an Old Dispute
      
        
      
      
        National Post, ShakespeareRobert Cushman2005, July, Midsummer Night's Dream, Miles Potter, Festival of Classics, Michael Spencer-Davis, Shauna Black, Tova Smith, Darren Leay, Matthew Mac, Matthew MacFadzean, Mark Lancaster, Murray Furrow, J.D. Nicholsen, Claire Jullien, Deborah Hay, Jason Mitchell, Jane Spence
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Open-Air Shakespeare Takes on the Sex War: Much Ado, Shrew Get Updates
      
        
      
      
        Canadian Stage, National Post, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert Cushman2005, July, Much Ado About Nothing, James Macdonald, Jonathan Monro, Juan Chioran, Jacklyn Francis, Brett Christopher, Xuan Fraser, Anousha Alamian, Jim Warren, David Ferry, Christopher Morris, Dylan Roberts, Don Allison, Paul Braunstein, Peter James Haworth, Paulino Nunes, Elizabeth Saunders, Marion Day, The Taming of the Shrew
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Call It a Band Aid Solution
      
        
      
      
        Festival Theatre, National Post, Stratford Festival, ShakespeareRobert Cushman2005, June, As You Like It, Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Steven Page, Antoni Cimolino, Santo Loquasto, Stephen Russell, Sara Topham, Barry MacGregor, Dan Chameroy, William Needles, Graham Abbey, Stephen Ouimette
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      From Steam to Shakespeare: Tom Patterson Put Stratford, Ont., Back on the Map
      
        
      
      
        National Post, Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson TheatreRobert Cushman2005, February, Thoughts on Shakespeare, National Post, Tom Patterson, Tyrone Guthrie, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Alec Guiness, Irene Worth, William Hutt, William Needles
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Making Sense of the Merchant
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, FilmRobert Cushman2005, February, Michael Radford, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Allan Cordunner, UK Film Council, The Merchant of Venice
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      A Loving Labour, but with Its Potential Lost
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, National Arts CentreRobert Cushman2005, January, Love's Labour's Lost, National Arts Centre, Marti Maraden, Ben Carlson, Yanna McIntosh, Juan Chioran, Nigel Shawn Williams, Kelli Fox, David William, Peter Froehlich, David Schurmann
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      The Bard's Not-So-Holiday Play: This Winter's Tale is a Seasonal Offering in Name Only
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, Theatre Kingston, National PostRobert Cushman2004, December, Theatre Kingston, Craig Walker, Matthew Gibson, Jennifer Roblin, Ivan Sherry, Peter Aston, The Winter's Tale
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Doth Romeo Feel Inadequate?
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, Young People's Theatre, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert Cushman2004, November, Juliet (and Romeo), Guillermo Verdecchia, Young People's Theatre, Ieva Lucs, Toby Malone, Simon Fon, Benjamin Clost, Karim Morgan, Peter Smith, Rae Ellen Bodie, Riffs on Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      A Good Year at Stratford Gets Better
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert Cushman2004, August, Henry VIII, Stratford Festival, Richard Monette, Graham Abbey, Seana McKenna, Sara Topham, Walter Borden, Raymond O'Neill, Chick Reid, Steve Cumyn, Stephen Russell, Brian Tree, Steven Sutcliffe, Ann Curtis
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Was He a Hero or a Zero? Shakespeare Played It Safe
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert Cushman2004, August, King John, Stratford Festival, Antoni Cimolino, Stephen Ouimette, Martha Henry, Diane D'Aquila, Tom McCamus, Aidan Shipley, Lally Cadeau, Keira Loughran, Jonathan Goad, Dion Johnstone, Bernard Hopkins, Peter Donaldson, Santo Loquasto
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Shakespeare Goes Ragtime, and It Works
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, Theatre by the BayRobert Cushman2004, August, As You Like It, Theatre by the Bay, Daryl Cloran, Jacklyn Francis, Tova Smith, Brett Christopher, Benjamin Clost, Brian Marler, Jane Spence, Brian Paul, Christopher Kelk, Matthew Deslippe, Alastair Forbes, Alex Dault, Marek Norman, Lorenzo Savoini
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Goes Down Smooth
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare in the RoughRobert Cushman2004, August, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dean Gabourie, Sanjay Talwar, Adrian Griffin, Pip Dwyer, Gina Clayton, Jameson Kraemer, Jane Miller, Carlos Diaz, Shakespeare in the Rough
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      By Any Other Name?: How Much Can You Bend Shakespeare Before It Breaks?
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, Resurgence TheatreRobert Cushman2004, August, Much Ado About Nothing, Resurgence Theatre, David Ferry, Irene Poole, Paul Eves, Camilla Scott, Christopher Morris, Carly Street, Don Allison, Stephen Guy-McGrath, Brendan Gall, Glenn Davidson
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Shakespeare's Double-Double
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, Coronation ParkRobert Cushman2004, August, Miles Potter, Cliff Saunders, Murray Furrow, Matthew MacFadzean, Patrick Garrow, Mary Ellen Mahoney, Severn Thompson, Thomas Hauff, Terry Tweed, The Comedy of Errors, Festival of Classics
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Lessons From a Vulgar Showman
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford Festival, Thoughts On ShakespeareRobert CushmanThe Royal Shakespeare Company, John Barton, Seana McKenna, Haysam Kadri, Shawn Wright, 2004, July, Thoughts on Shakespeare
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      The Plot's the Thing
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, National Post, Stratford FestivalRobert Cushman2004, July, Cymbeline, Stratford Festival, David Latham, Claire Jullien, James Blendick, Dan Chameroy, Dion Johnstone, Ron Kennell, Martha Henry, Gordon S. Miller, Stephen Gartner, Stephen Russell, Bernard Hopkins, Brian Tree, Ian Deakin, Kyle Blair
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      A Fixer-Upper of a Play
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, ShakespeareWorks, National PostRobert Cushman2004, June, Romeo and Juliet, ShakespeareWorks, Home Depot Theatre, R. H. Thomson, Allan Hawco, Mary Krohnert, Sarah Orenstein, John Dolan, Lynne Griffin, Blair Williams, Richard Harte, Ryan Field, Michael Rubenfeld
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      A Misanthrope for Our Times
      
        
      
      
        Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert Cushman2004, June, Timon of Athens, Stratford Festival, Stephen Ouimette, Peter Donaldson, Ron Kennell, Robert Persichini, Bernard Hopkins, Tom McCamus, Sean Arbuckle, Lorenzo Savoini