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Search the Archive Shakespeare Collection All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Henry V Henry VI Henry VIII Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Noble Kinsmen The Winter's Tale Riffs on Shakespeare Thoughts on Shakespeare
Cushman Collected
The collected reviews of internationally acclaimed theatre critic Robert Cushman.
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Peeking at the Narrator's Diary
Peeking at the Narrator's Diary
Riffs on Shakespeare, National Post, ShakespeareRobert CushmanApril 24, 20002000, April, Shakespearean Gala, Winter Garden, Ian McKellen, John Neville, Claire Bloom, Christopher Plummer, Measha Brueggergosman, Angela Winkler, Colm Feore, Simon Russell Beale, Helen Schlesinger, Riffs on Shakespeare
Tribute to Shakespeare: A Birthday Celebration
Tribute to Shakespeare: A Birthday Celebration
Riffs on Shakespeare, National Post, ShakespeareRobert CushmanApril 22, 20002000, April, Riffs on Shakespeare, Shakespearean Gala, World Stage, Harbourfront, Don Shipley, Ian McKellen, Claire Bloom, John Neville, Christopher Plummer, Brent Carver, Colm Feore, Melanie Doane, Measha Brueggergosman, Simon Russell Beale
Cheerfulness Will Keep Breaking In
Cheerfulness Will Keep Breaking In
Amy KeatingApril 18, 2000Riffs on Shakespeare, The Tempest, William Hutt, Buddies in Bad Times, Giselle Navaroli
You Can Teach Young Dogs New Tricks
You Can Teach Young Dogs New Tricks
Shakespeare, Riffs on Shakespeare, Montreal Young Company, National PostRobert CushmanMarch 6, 20002000, March, Measure for Measure, The Possibilities, Montreal Young Company, Bill Glassco, Chris Abraham, Salvatore Migliore, Mariusz Sibiga, Graeme Somerville, Paul Fauteux, Shawn Campbell, Eric Davis, Sarah Mennell, Robin Wilcock, Riffs on Shakespeare
The Perfect Titus for Our Times
The Perfect Titus for Our Times
Shakespeare, Film, National PostRobert CushmanJanuary 24, 20002000, January, Titus Andronicus, Film, Julie Taymor, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Colm Feore, Harry Lennix
This Is a Lear Who's Read Lear
This Is a Lear Who's Read Lear
Riffs on Shakespeare, Necessary Angel, National Post, ShakespeareRobert CushmanJanuary 10, 20002000, January, Hysterica, King Lear, Richard Rose, Necessary Angel Theatre, Maria Vacratsis, Maggie Huculak, Duncan Ollerenshaw, Hamish McEwan, Teresa Przybylski, Riffs on Shakespeare
Parody a Comedy at Your Peril
Parody a Comedy at Your Peril
Riffs on Shakespeare, National Post, Shakespeare, ContemporaryRobert CushmanOctober 16, 19991999, October, MacHomer, Rick Miller, Macbeth
(Nearly) Authentic Shakespeare
(Nearly) Authentic Shakespeare
Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe, National PostRobert CushmanSeptember 13, 1999Antony and Cleopatra, Globe Theatre, Giles Block, Mark Rylance, Paul Shelley
Sharp Shakespeare Among the Trees and Passing Cyclists
Sharp Shakespeare Among the Trees and Passing Cyclists
Shakespeare, Coronation Park, National PostRobert CushmanJuly 24, 19991999, July, Love's Labour's Lost, Coronation Park, Michael Shamata, John Jarvis, Gina Wilkinson, Patrick Galligan, Ann Bagley, John Blackwood, Stephen Smith, Robert Persichini, Philip Riccio, Shaun Benson, Sandra Forsell, Christopher Morris
Thunder of Applause for Hutt and History
Thunder of Applause for Hutt and History
Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, National PostRobert CushmanJune 2, 19991999, June, The Tempest, Stratford Festival, Richard Monette, William Hutt, Claire Jullien, Graham Abbey, Michael Therriault, Peter Hutt, Tim MacDonald, Brian Tree, Robert Benson, Ian Deakin, Bernard Hopkins, Bradford Farwell
Shakespeare as It Was Meant to Be Performed: . . . Whatever That Means: Stratford Explores What Makes the Bard's Words Work
Shakespeare as It Was Meant to Be Performed: . . . Whatever That Means: Stratford Explores What Makes the Bard's Words Work
Shakespeare, Stratford Festival, Soulpepper, National PostRobert CushmanMarch 2, 19991999, March, Stratford Festival Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training, Stratford Festival, Richard Monette, Richard Burbage, Nicholas Pennell, Albert Schultz, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Taking Historic Liberties
Taking Historic Liberties
Shakespeare, Royals and Rebels, National PostRobert CushmanFebruary 16, 19991999, February, Henry IV, Royals and Rebels, Sten Erik, David Clark, Stephen Bogaert, Jerry Getty, Dennis O'Connor, Howard Davis
Modernize the Bard? No way!
Modernize the Bard? No way!
Shakespeare, Thoughts On Shakespeare, Globe and MailRobert CushmanDecember 7, 1997Shakespeare, The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged), 1997, December, Thoughts on Shakespeare, Brian Mossop
From What Complex Well Does Shylock's Vitality Spring
From What Complex Well Does Shylock's Vitality Spring
Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Stratford Festival, SpectatorRobert CushmanJune 27, 1997Harold Bloom, Marti Maraden, 1997, June, The Merchant of Venice, Thoughts on Shakespeare
Fool's Paradise Not the Soul of Wit
Fool's Paradise Not the Soul of Wit
Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanApril 7, 1997Solar Stage, Mark Ellis, Gerry Butts, Adrian Hough, Ned Vukovic, Kenneth Branagh, Fool's Paradise, April, 1997, Globe and Mail, Riffs on Shakespeare
William Hutt Gives Performance Fit For a King
William Hutt Gives Performance Fit For a King
Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Stratford FestivalRobert CushmanNovember 12, 1996William Hutt, Richard Monette, Stratford Festival, Jordan Pettle, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Robertson Davies, Martha Burns, Geordie Johnson, King Lear, Diane D'Aquila, 1996, November
Shades of Hamlet
Shades of Hamlet
Shakespeare, Globe and MailRobert CushmanApril 22, 1996Hamlet, Robert Lepage, 1996, April, Premiere Dance Theatre, Riffs on Shakespeare
The Queens Merely Chatter
The Queens Merely Chatter
Shakespeare, Canadian Stage, Globe and MailRobert CushmanNovember 9, 1994Norman Chaurette, Peter Hinton, Linda Gaboriau, Richard III, Marion Gilsenan, Margot Dionne, Tanja Jacobs, 1994, November, Riffs on Shakespeare
Shakespeare, Through the Looking-Glass
Shakespeare, Through the Looking-Glass
Shakespeare, Canadian Stage, Globe and Mail, Shakespeare in High ParkRobert CushmanJuly 12, 1994Jeannette Lambermont, Danny Lyne, Alex Fallis, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Phyllis Cohen, Lynne Cormack, Patrick Galligan, Michael Hanrahan, Benedict Campbell, Steve Cumyn, 1994, July, Twelfth Night
The Rise of Edward 04
The Rise of Edward 04
Canadian Stage, Shakespeare, Globe and Mail, Shakespeare in High Park, Riffs on ShakespeareRobert CushmanAugust 8, 1992Hardee Linehan, Tanja Jacobs, Juan Chioran, Bob Baker, Peter Hinton, 1992, August, Riffs on Shakespeare, Henry VI
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