Articles – Archive

Shakespeare online

‘Shakespeare Searched’ is an excellent resource targeted primarily at students and teachers but also useful to anyone with an interest in Shakespeare.

Sep 24 2006 | View Comments

The theatre the foreigner and I

By Andrew Eglinton

John Donne once wrote “No man is an island”, but in this urban age of glass cities, and right here on this stiff wooden theatre bench I think I disagree.

Sep 1 2006 | View Comments

Brecht & Barker

By Andrew Eglinton

The similarities between Brecht’s model of Epic theatre and Howard Barker’s theatre of catastophe are striking.

Aug 26 2006 | View Comments

Kalila Wa Dimna – The Mirror For Princes

By Andrew Eglinton

The language in Kalila Wa Dimna is archaic in its formalism, deeply poetic with constant recourse to metaphor and similie and an acute awareness of rhyme and rhythm.

Aug 22 2006 | View Comments

The Ecstatic Bible – Howard Barker

By Andrew Eglinton

The Ecstatic Bible is a 436 page epic in 30 “chapters”. The six-hour epic premiered at the 2000 Adelaide Festival

Jul 17 2006 | View Comments

The Peter Handke Debacle

By Andrew Eglinton

Peter Handke’s attendance at the funeral of Slobodan Milosovic in 2006 sparked a wave of outrage in international intellectual circles and has received significant media attention in France.

May 25 2006 | View Comments

The Sultan’s Elephant

By Andrew Eglinton

Once upon a time, there lived a sultan who was tormented in his dreams by visions of a little girl who was travelling through time. This is his story, incredible but true.

May 15 2006 | View Comments