Articles & Interviews

Articles/Interviews

Limelight, 1967

Former Spear carrier…..still makes his points, Coventry Evening Telegraph ’76 Extra

Way of the actor, The Guardian 27^th January 1978

The Travels of Michael, Coventry Evening Telegraph, ’78 Extra

A State of Mind and Body, theatre magazine1979

Pennington’s personality, Evening News 14^th March 1980

A moment for the scholarly prince, The Times, 2^nd July 1980

Tackling the actor’s Everest, Stage 3^rd July 1980

The latest prince, Sunday Telegraph, July 1980

A new Hamlet – with the looks of Prince Charming, The Standard 9^th September 1981

Sweet reason, What’s on in London, 11^th September 1981

Triumph of a student Prince, Standard 18^th September 1981

Bring on the Russian horses, Standard 6^th January 1984

Man with a lean and hungry look, Daily Telegraph 16^th January 1984

Sentimental journey, Radio Times 3^rd-9^th March 1984

Rigorous romantic, The Times 6^th April 1984

The train to Chekhov, The Guardian 22^nd June 1984

If this is Venice, I can’t be a horse or Chekhov, Sunday Times 15^th July 1984

Lucky Stryk, Radio Times 20^th-26^th October 1984

Plays and Players/ Model Roles, Daily Telegraph, 3^rd June 1985

The book the bishop burnt, Radio Times26th-31^st January 1986

Elementary, my dear Miss Watson! Daily Mail September 1986

To play the prince, The Independent 17^th March 1989

How to be in two plays at one time, Evening Standard 8^th June 1990

The Entertainer’ finds new life on a small stage, NWN May 1996

Twelfth Night Across the Continents, Shakespeare Bulletin Winter 1996

Old Vic’s Master of Disguise, The Independent 8^th March 1997

Michael Pennington on Acting and Directing Shakespeare, Shakespeare Bulletin Summer 1997

Studies in misogyny, Plays International, October 1997

Pennington back in fold, Newcastle Journal , 15^th October 1999

Labours of love, Guardian 28^th February 2000

20 Questions with Michael Pennington, Whatsonstage.com, 24^th February 2003

The knives are out …, The Daily Mail 20^th February 2004

There’s something nice about playing old bags, The Guardian Arts 26^th January 2005

A curious character with no real talent, BBC web site April 2006

Rogues and Vagabonds web site, 31^st July 2007

Pennington’s love letter to Shakespeare, his best friend, 16^th August 2007, Camden New Journal

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Articles written by Michael for newspapers and magazines

One man’s week, 1976

First Wicket Down, RSC 1978 Yearbook

Cue for passion, The Guardian 17^th September 1981

Keeping up the suspense in Hamlet, Drama 2^nd quarter 1981

In the shadows of the new city of light, The Independent 5^th March 1998

Changing of the Guard, Guardian 19^th October 2000

As He Likes It, The Lady 1^st-7^th January 2002

My beautiful carbuncle, letter to The Guardian 16^th January 2002

Adventures with Anton, The Guardian 15^th January 2003

If you ask me …, The Guardian, 27^th April 2003

The kingmakers, The Guardian 21^st May 2005

The Great Ventriloquist, Richard II programme Old Vic 2005

Sweet William, Cottesloe programme, 11^th May 2007

The Bard and me, The Independent, 21^st August 2007

You can’t force kids to love Shakespeare, Guardian blog 4^th March 2008

The death of Kings, The Guardian, 15^th March 2008

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