The United Kingdom currently boasts not one, but two, productions of The Revenger's Tragedy: one in London at the National Theatre, the other in Manchester at the Royal Exchange. They're both done in modern dress, seem given to a certain degree of conceptual indulgence, and have attracted mixed reviews. I wish I had the opportunity to sample them myself, but the inconvenient location of the Atlantic Ocean makes this unlikely.
If you're interested in the press these productions have attracted, The Shakespeare Post has linked and excerpted reviews from various UK papers in two posts:
Theatre Review: Revenger's Tragedies in London and Manchester Both Alike in Blood and Excess
Theatre Review: Revenger's Tragedy Directors Need to Trust the Play's Riches
If you don't know The Shakespeare Post yet, I hope that you will drop in. It will almost certainly become one of your regular blog-stops on the Internet. The author, John D. Lawrence, astonishes with the quality and quantity of his output. And I'm not just praising him because he linked to me once, although it didn't hurt.
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I rather sloppily referred in a couple of prior comments to there being two productions of Revenger running "in London." This is not strictly true, as Manchester is generally understood to be a distinct city lying somewhat to the north of London. I regret the error, but not enough to call attention to it on the main page.
As a native Mancunian I have shown considerable restraint!
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