• Theatre Reviews by Penelope J. Corfield

7.2 Theatre Reviews

(chronologically by date when play first written)

Penelope Corfield and her partner Tony Belton began in 2012 to review theatrical productions which they thought particularly noteworthy. It’s an excellent way to focus. They discuss their responses together; and take it in turns to write the review. The reviews here are by PJC. They listed chronologically under date of first production, with gaps in the numerical sequence to allow for further insertions.

Late Elizabethan/Jacobean

7.2.1 W. Shakespeare’s King Lear (1606; performed 2014) – Pdf

Long Eighteenth Century

7.2.10  W. Congreve’s The Double-Dealer (1693; performed 2018) – Pdf

7.2.11  W. Congreve’s Love for Love (1695; performed 2015) — Pdf

7.2.12  Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer (1771; performed 2012) – Pdf

7.2.13  R.B. Sheridan’s School for Scandal (1773; performed 2013) – Pdf

7.2.14 Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843; dramatised by Laura Turner, 2010; performed at Palace Theatre, Newark 2019) – review doubles as PJC Monthly BLOG 108, entitled ‘Beware the Midas Touch!’ – Pdf

Mid-Nineteenth To Mid-Twentieth Centuries

7.2.20  H. Ibsen’s Ghosts (1881; performed 2014) – Pdf

7.2.21  Oscar Wilde’s Importance of Being Earnest (1895) – viewed at Tara Theatre, Earlsfield, 9 March 2019 – Pdf

7.2.22  A. Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (1897; performed 2012) – Pdf

7.2.23  G.B. Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma (1906; performed 2012) – Pdf

Post-World War II

7.2.30  Simon Donald’s The Life of Stuff (1993; performed 2013) – Pdf

7.2.31  Cartoon de Salvo’s The Irish Giant (written & performed 2012) – Pdf

7.2.32  Tayo Aluko’s Calling Mr Robeson: A Life with Songs (written & performed 2012) – Pdf

7.2.33  Ian Kelly’s Mr Foote’s Other Leg (written & performed 2015, on basis of biography published 2012) – Pdf