Theatre/ “One Man in His Time”, Bell Shakespeare. Canberra Theatre till 15 April. Reviewed by
SIMONE PENKETHMAN.
JOHN Bell’s one-man show was intended for another time, the year 2020, when the COVID-19 plague forced theatres around the world to close.
In Shakespeare’s own time, periodic waves of bubonic plague closed theatres in London, forcing the bard and his company to hit the road. On April 14, an audience filled Canberra’s Playhouse Theatre to capacity for the first time in more than a year.
The show’s title, “One Man in His Time” refers equally to Shakespeare and to Bell. John Bell discovered Shakespeare as a high-school student, 65 years ago. His teenage fascination became his life’s work.
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