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Glass interviews British actor Margaret Clunie

December 22, 2017

MARGARET Clunie is a British actor best-known for her role in ITV’s Victoria in which she plays Harriet, the Duchess of Sutherland, one of Queen Victoria’s best friends who supports her through her courtship wi...

Glass meets young actor on the rise – Orlando James

Thomas Marrington

April 18, 2017

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WHEN Glass meets Orlando James at the Barbican Centre, it’s his wide-reaching smile that greets us first. Having taken his role as Leontes in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale around the world, the young East Sus...

Glass reviews Richard III at the Almeida Theatre, London

Heather Doughty

June 27, 2016

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

IN a part-traditional, part-contemporary gritty production, director Rupert Goold opens his Richard III in a Leicester car park, of all places, during the excavation of Richard’s supposed remains. This dramatic...

Food as theatre: The Globe’s new dining destination

Ben Olsen

March 21, 2016

Dining, Feature

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WITH 2016 marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this year sees an explosion of creativity and special events in celebration of the Bard’s life and legacy. Across the UK the Shakespeare...

From Lloyd Webber to War and Peace: Jessie Buckley speaks to Glass

Stephanie Clair

January 19, 2016

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Growing up in a musical family, there’s no surprise that Jessie Buckley started acting at an early age. Recently finishing two stage productions running simultaneously, Irish-born Buckley had a busy 2015. With ...

Glass reviews As You Like It at the National Theatre, London

Heather Doughty

December 24, 2015

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Often referred to as one of the first ever sketch-show plays, it is understandable that some directors may feel hesitant about taking on the challenge of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy, As You Like It. However, ...

Glass reviews Henry V by The Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre

Heather Doughty

December 17, 2015

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There’s nothing like an epic Shakespeare play performed skilfully in a stunning venue to warm your bones and heart on a chilly evening in December. Part of the King and Country cycle, director Gregory Doran’s s...

Glass interviews British actor Alex Hassell

Heather Doughty

December 9, 2015

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“You can’t win them all,” says Alex Hassell – Glass talks to British actor and co-founder of The Factory theatre company, Alex Hassell British actor, Alex Hassell is known for both his stage and screen rol...

Power play

Nicola Kavanagh

September 11, 2015

Archive, Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

“The purpose of playing,” says Hamlet, “Is, to hold as ’twere the mirror up to nature: to show virtue her feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.” And so it is...

Fables of fame – Glass speaks with up-and-coming Scottish actor James McArdle

Stephanie Clair

April 1, 2014

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Knowing from a very young age that he wanted to become an actor, Glaswegian James McArdle has been feverishly chasing his dream ever since. From this youthful conviction, he joined and became a commit...

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