Bingo
Edward Bond
Bingo
The glory years of London behind him, William Shakespeare finds himself in an overwhelming moral dilemma. Like his greatest creation King Lear, he has to decide: what shall he do with his money and his power?
3.2 out of 5 based on 9 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
London |
| Venue |
Young Vic |
| Director |
Angus Jackson |
| Cast |
Tom Godwin, Richard McCabe, John McEnery, Patrick Stewart, Michelle Tate, Catherine Cusack |
| From |
February 2012 |
| Until |
March 2012 |
| Box Office |
020 7922 2922 |
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The glory years of London behind him, William Shakespeare finds himself in an overwhelming moral dilemma. Like his greatest creation King Lear, he has to decide: what shall he do with his money and his power?
Reviews
The Guardian
Michael Billington
“Bond's play is a guilt-ridden indictment of all poets and dramatists, himself included, for their exploitation of suffering and cruelty. "Every writer," as Bond's Shakespeare claims, "writes in other men's blood."”
24/02/2012
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The Independent
Paul Taylor
“With that beautiful bald brow and chiselled cheek, Stewart's Bard compels and tantalises because he's broodingly slippery, veering between anguish and that off-message unreachable quality.”
24/02/2012
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The Stage
Michael Coveney
“Truly chilling, truly poetic.”
24/02/2012
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The Daily Express
Neil Norman
“At a time when David Cameron is attempting to divert the rage against greedy bankers and profiteering in general, Bond’s diatribe - “What does it cost to stay alive?” - sounds as if it has been ripped from today’s headlines.
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28/02/2012
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The Sunday Times
Jane Edwardes
“It’s hard to imagine that Bond’s chilling play will ever be better served.
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04/03/2012
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The Times
Libby Purves
“Here are huge moral and philosophical themes: pity and terror , which Stewart is supremely capable of expressing and Jackson of directing. The problem is that Bond utterly lacks the human depth those themes require ... Still, Stewart is well worth seeing.”
24/02/2012
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The Evening Standard
Fiona Mountford
“Bond's tone and range is limited and there's little Stewart can do with this thankless part, although he does movingly convey Shakespeare's distress at the brutality of a society that relishes hangings and bear baitings.”
24/02/2012
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The Financial Times
Sarah Hemming
“A frustratingly stolid evening because the scenes themselves are strangely inert and lacking in dramatic energy.”
28/02/2012
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The Daily Telegraph
Charles Spencer
“It is also a role that hardly stretches Stewart. His Shakespeare is ill at ease, out of love with his wife and daughter, and curiously passive – a miserable old bore, in fact. An actor of Stewart’s ability could play this one-dimensional role in his sleep and at times appears to be doing just that.”
24/02/2012
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