Kelly Reilly, David Tennant and Steven McNicol in Look Back in Anger, January 2005 Pic: Douglas McBride

SCOTTISH THEATRE REVIEWS: Royal Lyceum

16 September 08 The Guardian

Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

Liam Brennan is alone on the stage when, as Macbeth, he first mentions the idea of "assassination". The very word catches him unawares;

Trumpets and Raspberries

By Dario Fo

Published in The Guardian 23/4/08

Vanity Fair

By Declan Donnellan and Thackeray

Published in The Guardian 17/3/08

Six Characters in Search of an Author

By Luigi Pirandello

Published in The Guardian 21/2/08

The Glass Menagerie

By Tennessee Williams

Published in The Guardian 15/1/08

The Winter's Tale

By William Shakespeare

Published in The Guardian 26/9/07

Man of La Mancha

By Dale Wasserman/Mitch Leigh/Joe Darion

Published in The Guardian 26/4/07

Monks

By Des Dillon

Published in The Guardian 21/3/07

Mrs Warren's Profession

By George Bernard Shaw

Published in The Guardian 22/2/07

All My Sons

By Arthur Miller

Published in the Guardian 17/1/07

Pinocchio

By Mark Thomson

Published in the Guardian 15/12/06

Les Liaisons Dangeruses

By Christopher Hampton

Published in the Sunday Times 30/4/06

Faust I and II

By John Clifford (after Goethe)

Published in Variety 12/3/06

Faust I and II

Published in The Guardian 7/3/06

Tartuffe

By Liz Lochhead/Molière

Published in The Guardian 19/1/06

Laurel and Hardy

By Tom McGrath

Published in The Guardian 26/4/05

The Girl with Red Hair

By Sharman Macdonald

Published in The Guardian 21/2/05

Look Back in Anger

By John Osborne, starring David Tennant

Published in The Guardian 19/1/05

Look Back in Anger

Published in Scotland on Sunday 23/1/05

Sleeping Beauty

By Stuart Paterson

Published in The Guardian 8/12/04

Othello

By William Shakespeare

Published in The Guardian 25/10/04

A Madman Sings to the Moon

By Mark Thomson

Published in The Guardian 21/9/04

Uncle Varick

By John Byrne

Published in Scotland on Sunday 25/4/04

Six Black Candles

By Des Dillon

Published in The Guardian 16/3/04

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