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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!

• I think you may be over analysing. Wasn't it just meant to be a bit of a history lesson? I remember … by Sue on this entry
• Very interesting and commendable, it'll be great to see some more of the plays given this attention.… by on this entry
• The lack of venture in the filming is probably due to NBC Universal being onboard. They provided the… by Duncan on this entry
• I have been watching the Hollow Crown and i have enjoyed it very much, the acting i think has been v… by Carole Heath on this entry
• I know what you mean Steve, and it's a reading I appreciate theoretically, but I felt that Part 1 re… by on this entry

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