MR. HOLMES is not the first time Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted a work from one medium to another. In this case it was Mitch Cullen’s novel about Sherlock Holmes’ later years, A Slight Trick of the Mind, and we had a lively discussion on April 25, 2015, about the art of what to leave out,… Read More »
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
And so it is our last visit to Middle Earth, and a bittersweet one it is. Peter Jackson’s finale to his pair of trilogies is a triumph of spectacle and humanity, notwithstanding that the human beings of the piece are not the main characters. It’s only flaw, and that is a relative one, is that… Read More »
Ralph Fiennes is CORIOLANUS
When I spoke to Ralph Fiennes in London by phone, the first thing we talked about was the remarkable 1984 Royal National Theatre staging of Coriolanus in 1984 starring Ian McKellan. We had both seen it and one of the high points of talking to Fiennes was the way he recalled McKellan’s performance as only… Read More »