Troilus and Cressida (Vol. 83) - Douglas McQueen-Thomson (review date October/November 2000)
Douglas McQueen-Thomson (review date October/November 2000)
SOURCE: McQueen-Thomson, Douglas. “Bogdanov's Troilus + Cressida.” Arena Magazine (October/November 2000): 54-5.
[In the following review, McQueen-Thomson contends that Michael Bogdanov's 2000 Bell Shakespeare Company production of Troilus + Cressida successfully combined “audacious, challenging production with intelligent, coherent interpretation, proving the strengths of theatre as a political medium.”]
The Bell Shakespeare Company (BSC), launched in August 1990, is celebrating its tenth birthday with Troilus + Cressida, directed by Michael Bogdanov. Company founder and Artistic Director, John Bell, has aspired to create ‘a world-class Shakespeare company’. Bogdanov's Troilus + Cressida shows that Bell has largely succeeded in this aim. The BSC stands out for its willingness to both embrace multiple Australian cultural concerns and risk...
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