All entries for Friday 13 November 2009

Peter Kirwan is Teaching Associate in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at the University of Nottingham and a reviewer of Shakespearean theatre for several academic journals.


The Bardathon is his experimental review blog, covering productions of (or based on) all early modern plays. The aim is to combine immediate reactions with the detail and analysis of the academic review.


Theatre criticism always needs more voices. Please comment with your own views and contributions!

• Warren – well, I think the most obvious reason is that, quite… by Peter Kirwan on this entry
• I enjoyed your review: it makes me wonder why someone hasn’t … by Warren King No Sweat Shakespeare on this entry
• Nice review of a brilliant and inventive production. I sometimes fe… by Eoin on this entry
• I don’t absolutely disagree with you Christian, but I’m… by Peter Kirwan on this entry
• Without having Giovanni die at the end in a supported suicide (know… by christian smith on this entry

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