Since its first performance in 1965, The Killing of Sister
George has sometimes been criticised, with justification,
for its reinforcement of negative lesbian stereotypes.
This year marks the centenary of the start of the Great
War, World War 1, so the next four years will see many
commemorative events. One of the first in Dunedin is the
Globe Theatre's production of Journey's End, a play set in
the trenches of the Western Front. Charmian Smith
reports.
Dickens will come alive on stage at the Globe Theatre, in
Dunedin, tonight in readings by actor and retired University
of Otago English department senior lecturer John Watson.
Staging Macbeth, Shakespeare's tale of prophecy,
ambition, blood and revenge, is a challenge, especially in
the Globe's small space. Director Dale Neill has met it with
style and vision.
