Melissa Clarke

Articles by Melissa Clarke:

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

One Kingdom. Two Queens. They’ll end up at each other’s throats. This is Liz Lochhead’s acclaimed interpretation of the lives, loves and rivalry of two famed queens, whose insurmountable differences will tear them apart.

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Youth Theatre Connects again in 2011

The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh welcomes back the Scottish showcase for New Connections, produced by the National Theatre Discover programme and supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The Lyceum has hosted the Scottish showcase of NT Connections since 2003 and is delighted to see its return after 2010’s development year.

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Siobhan Redmond returns in lead role of Dunsinane

“Tell the men we’ll be in Scotland a little longer than we expected”.

The National Theatre of Scotland presents the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Dunsinane in association with the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. By David Greig. Directed by Roxanna Silbert

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Educating Agnes – Lyceum Preview

“I’m going to marry a sweet,
pure, simple girl.
Because your intellectual types,
they make my toes curl.”

Liz Lochhead’s new translation of Moliѐre’s great comedy The School for Wives, adapted and re-titled, is, like the original, in razor sharp, wicked, rhyming couplets.

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