Tag: English literature
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, Barn Theatre
Thursday 18th March 2021
reviewFilm version of the Oscar Wilde classic is a brilliant critique of the digital a…
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The Literary Gaze
Monday 1st March 2021
writingSample a couple of paragraphs from the introduction to my latest book on postwar…
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A Christmas Carol, Bridge Theatre
Monday 7th December 2020
reviewThe Dickens classic, as adapted by this venue’s artistic director, is an example…
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Michael Gorra on narrative criticism
Friday 16th October 2020
blogQuote of the day: “I had no interest in writing a conventional, cradle-to-grave …
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Friday 28th August 2020
blogText of the day: “Here are some questions I set myself: Is a chair finely made t…
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Mrs Dalloway, Arcola Theatre
Monday 1st October 2018
reviewIntelligent and sensitive adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s modernist classic is a …
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Jane Eyre
Sunday 8th October 2017
blogFavourite stage direction: “A drone.”
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Jane Eyre, National Theatre
Wednesday 27th September 2017
reviewWelcome return of Sally Cookson’s stupendous stage adaptation of Charlotte Bront…
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The Sense of an Ending
Friday 14th April 2017
blogText of the day: “Does character develop over time?”
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