Tag: 1950s
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Home, I’m Darling, National Theatre
Monday 13th August 2018
reviewLaura Wade’s return to the stage is a bright satire about marriage and nostalgic…
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The Mousetrap, St Martin’s Theatre
Monday 26th February 2018
reviewThe longest-running play in world history is in good shape, despite the lacklust…
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The Birthday Party
Wednesday 31st January 2018
blogText of the day: “Stan, don’t let them tell you what to do!”
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Witness for the Prosecution
Monday 8th January 2018
blogText of the day: “I assure you, Sir Wilfred, I played it dead straight.”
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Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall
Monday 23rd October 2017
reviewIn the Brexit era, this site-specific revival of Agatha Christie’s 1953 courtroo…
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A Day by the Sea, Southwark Playhouse
Friday 6th October 2017
reviewClassic 1953 play by the English Chekhov is fascinating, but rather dated in its…
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John Osborne on playwriting
Tuesday 30th August 2016
blogQuote of the day: “I want to make people feel, to give them lessons in feeling.”
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Harold Hobson on London theatre
Friday 26th August 2016
blogOne from the archives: “An Olivier, a Gielgud, or a Richardson is presumably not…
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Karagula, Styx
Thursday 16th June 2016
reviewPhilip Ridley’s latest is an ambitious fantasy epic whose scope and majesty will…
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