Daniel Rosenthal on the National Theatre

Quote of the month: “In any case, Shakespeare-the-man should ideally be viewed within his own historical context, in so far as this is possible, and not Romanticized or Victorianiz…

Quote of the month: “When they were first printed, Shakespeare’s plays had no character lists or dramatise personae as we are now used to in modern editions.”

Quote of the month: “Biographers like to attribute the turns in Shakespeare’s career to his psychological state (so he must have been in and out of love when writing comedies and s…

Quote of the month: “What I have in mind is not a forced topicality, a Hamlet that would be set in a cellar of young existentialists.”