MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Sound and fury
GORDON PARSONS witnesses a production committed to great fun but signifying nothing
KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE? Alison Peebles as the Porter
[Marc Brenner] 
New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
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GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
Macbeth
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
THERE has long been an ongoing question at the RSC as to how to present Shakespeare to modern and, it is hoped, more youthful audiences.
There is a moment in Wils Wilson’s new production of Macbeth clearly indicating how we are encouraged to respond to this version of Shakespeare’s most profound treatment of the corrupting futility of ruthless ambition.
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