Tag: Victorian age
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About December
Wednesday 30th December 2020
blogYesterday I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Al…
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Pablo Fanque’s afterlife
Tuesday 29th December 2020
blogMy addiction to BBC Radio 4 occasionally results in a welcome surprise.
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Wise Children, York Theatre Royal
Monday 13th April 2020
reviewEmma Rice’s version of Angela Carter’s last novel is a beautifully bizarre celeb…
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The Gift, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Thursday 30th January 2020
reviewNew touring play from Eclipse is a wonderfully complex and emotionally powerful …
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A Doll’s House, Lyric Hammersmith
Wednesday 11th September 2019
reviewTanika Gupta’s superb reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s modern classic is both enter…
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The Sweet Science of Bruising, Southwark Playhouse
Friday 5th October 2018
reviewVictorian female pugilism drama: thoroughly heartfelt, highly original, very the…
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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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Andersen’s English, Hampstead Theatre
Thursday 8th April 2010
reviewDisappointing effort from Sebastian Barry about the meeting of Dickens and Hans …
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