Tag: modern classics
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Each His Own Wilderness, Orange Tree Theatre
Tuesday 21st April 2015
reviewRare revival of Doris Lessing’s 1958 play is well staged, but the text is wordy …
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The Ruling Class, Trafalgar Studios
Wednesday 28th January 2015
reviewRare revival of Peter Barnes’s classic satire on the Establishment stars James M…
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British New Writing in an Age of Austerity
Monday 1st December 2014
writingFriday, 7 May 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night.
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David Edgar on New Plays
Sunday 16th February 2014
blogQuote of the day: “Yes, postwar British drama has seen great classical productio…
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Oh What a Lovely War, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Tuesday 11th February 2014
reviewJoan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop’s anti-war classic is revived with more rev…
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Roots, Donmar Warehouse
Tuesday 8th October 2013
reviewArnold Wesker’s wonderful 1959 classic about love and politics gets a rare, but …
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Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, Finborough Theatre
Thursday 11th July 2013
reviewExciting to see Pam Gems’s 1976 feminist classic about four women return to the …
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Repeat performance: a new crisis? (New Writing 2012)
Wednesday 1st May 2013
writingIn the YouTube video of ‘Read All About It’ a little boy smashes up his step sis…
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Long Day’s Journey into Night, Apollo Theatre
Wednesday 11th April 2012
reviewHuge and big-hearted American classic boasts great acting from David Suchet and …
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