This is a collection of three history plays, each displaying the sparkling muscularity of language that marks Berkoff out as one of the foremost wordsmiths...
'Messiah' begins with the image of Christ on the cross and pits his humanity and transcendent goodness against the evil of those who would kill him and...
'Oedipus' is the classic story of prophecy, destiny and betrayal. In his adaptation of the tragedy, Berkoff cuts beneath the rhetoric of the tale and...
In Lincoln in 1255 a young boy is missing. The fallout is hysteria and anti-semitism from the Christians who believe the Jewish population have abducted...
Steven Berkoff's new play charts the lovers' story beneath the surface of Shakespeare's play. With a muscularity of language tempered with tenderness,...