Robert Icke’s Oedipus is a devastating, seamless update of …
5 days ago · Robert Icke’s Oedipus is a devastating, seamless update of Sophocles. This production imagines Oedipus (Mark Strong) as a contemporary politician – and achieves a level of catharsis rare for any production of an ancient text. It is hard to imagine a single person watching Oedipus who does not already know the hideous way this story turns ...
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville make ancient tragedy ... - ABC News
4 days ago · Screen stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville return to the London stage in director Robert Icke’s adaptation, “Oedipus,” which fuses the primal power of the ancient tragedy with a modern-day ...
Oedipus West End review – Mark Strong and Lesley
6 days ago · The progress of Robert Icke’s devastating modern-day version of Oedipus is from ceaseless noise to stunned silence. It opens with Mark Strong ’s smooth-talking, charismatic political leader talking on film about his promise to bring truth and honesty back to politics, surrounded by excitable crowds.
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville make ancient tragedy 'Oedipus' a …
Screen stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville return to the London stage in director Robert Icke’s adaptation, “Oedipus,” which fuses the primal power of the ancient tragedy with a modern-day ...
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville make ancient tragedy ... - Local News 8
4 days ago · It drives a new production of Sophocles’ 2,500-year-old play in London, directed by Robert Icke and starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. It’s set in a political campaign headquarters on ...
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb in stunning staging of ...
6 days ago · Robert Icke’s adaptation at Wyndham’s Theatre brilliantly remakes the disturbing tragedy for our time. From left, Phia Saban, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, James Wilbraham and Jordan Scowen...
A Hamlet for Our Time - The New Yorker
Jun 6, 2022 · In a bold new production, the director Robert Icke finds resonances in Shakespeare’s canonical play which make it feel made for this moment, Rebecca Mead writes.
Robert Icke on directing Ian McKellen as Falstaff: ‘He’s a criminal ...
Mar 24, 2024 · Robert Icke on directing Ian McKellen as Falstaff: ‘He’s a criminal, not a jolly Santa figure’. The director discusses ‘Player Kings’ and doing away with bogus Shakespearean acting....
Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes
Jun 30, 2022 · When Alex Lawther’s fragile Danish prince drags himself onstage in Robert Icke’s modern-dress production of “Hamlet,” which opened Tuesday night at the Park Avenue Armory, he recalls the ...
A Rebound for a Summer Pairing of ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Oresteia’ at the …
Jul 25, 2022 · The plays, helmed by the English writer-director Robert Icke, are now being performed in repertory at the Armory, where they will run through mid-August. “Hamlet” opened in late June to mostly...