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Sunday, May 7, 2023

My play King Charles III was written as a tragedy. It’s a warning about what happens now by Mike Bartlett

From Netflix’s The Crown to a play in the West End, what has the character of Charles taught us about entitlement and radicalism? There are many good reasons Shakespeare was drawn to write…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Mike Bartlett: Does Brexit Britain need a new Christmas Carol? by Mike Bartlett

We must open our shut-up hearts and embrace Dickens’ classic tale of festive spirit overcoming social and generational divideMost writers I know aspire to be – and to be perceived as –…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Mike Bartlett: How I wrote King Charles III by Mike Bartlett

Playwright Mike Bartlett knew he wanted King Charles III to be a Shakespearean drama – a family epic in five acts, complete with a ghost and a comic subplot. But would writing in iambic pe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AM
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Mike Bartlett: How I wrote King Charles III by Mike Bartlett

Playwright Mike Bartlett knew he wanted King Charles III to be a Shakespearean drama a family epic in five acts, complete with a ghost and a comic subplot. But would writing in iambic penta…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM