In order to create an archive of the Shakespeare 400 activities that took place across all the partner organisations in 2016, a team of students at King's College London, from various disciplines and levels of study, reviewed as many of the events as possible.
Below are all of the reviews. Use the search box to find reviews
of a particular event.
Review by Andreea Scridon, BA Classics and Comparative Literature. Anyone unfamiliar with Tabletop Shakespeare will be instantly struck by its unconventionality, and will continue to expect a twist back to the traditional. Read more...
Review by Lorena Brosset, Undergraduate Law. Gianandrea Noseda superbly executed Berlioz’ symphony, Romeo and Juliet. Read more...
Review by Daniela Duhur, MA Middle Eastern Studies. The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s selection of Mendelssohn and Strauss’ Shakespeare inspired pieces, twinned with pieces by Stravinsky and Khachaturian was absolutely sublime. Read more...
Review by Rebekah Baker, BSc Adult Nursing. Emma Whipday and Asia Obsborne’s performed reading of ‘Shakespeare’s sister’ transports its audience into the hustling, vibrant, wretched world of Shakespearean London Read more...
Review by Lucy Bloxham, MA Shakespeare Studies. Nearing the end of a long weekend packed tightly with academic lectures, performances and exhibitions, one would undoubtedly expect to be met with weary faces, tired ears and impenetrable brains. Read more...
Review by Richard Neo. King’s couldn’t have picked a better date to fall in love with Simon Russell Beale. Despite it being Valentine’s Day, the Great Hall was packed to the brim with audience members hankering to be this close to the acclaimed Shakespeare actor. Read more...
Review by Gemma Miller, PhD candidate in English. Simon Russell Beale is one of those rare combinations: an instinctive and compelling actor and an erudite intellectual. Well-read, thoughtful and incisive, Read more...
Review by Shehrazade Zafar-Arif, MA Shakespeare Studies. What do you do with a play like Hamlet, the most talked about and most performed play in the Shakespearean canon? Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor took on this challenge head-on in their talk entitled ‘Making Hamlet New’ during the King’s Shakespeare Festival. Read more...
Review by Toonika Guha, MA, Culture and Creative Industries Shakespeare is probably one of the most celebrated figures in the history of English Literature, and holds the status of almost a modern day celebrity. There have been many attempts to ‘know’ the man behind the pen. In her talk at the series of ‘What You Will’ lectures at King’s College London, Marjorie Garber broke down for us what ‘desperately seeking Shakespeare’ entails Read more...
Review by Valeria Marcon, BA English. Professor Marjorie Garber boasts a list of credentials capable of bringing a grown person to tears. Garber is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University, Chair of the Committee on Dramatic Arts, and perhaps one of the most intimidating individuals in the academic sphere Read more...
