Tag: 1950s
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A Taste of Honey
Tuesday 25th February 2014
blogText of the day: “At the moment it’s like my face, unblemished!”
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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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The Thrill of Love, St James Theatre
Wednesday 3rd April 2013
reviewNew biographical account of the life of Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in B…
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The Winslow Boy
Friday 22nd March 2013
blogText of the day: “Oh, yes.”
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Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, National Theatre
Wednesday 14th March 2012
reviewThis revival of Errol John’s 1953 Caribbean classic is warmhearted enough, but r…
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The Art of Concealment
Tuesday 24th January 2012
blogText of the day: “We English are pretty tolerant on the whole, Mr Rattigan, but …
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About The Deep Blue Sea
Sunday 27th November 2011
blogYou know the feeling of enduring a bad experience when every second feels painfu…
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Grief, National Theatre
Wednesday 21st September 2011
reviewThe long-awaited new play by national treasure Mike Leigh is set in the 1950s an…
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After the Dance, National Theatre
Friday 25th June 2010
reviewRare drama by Terence Rattigan gets a thoroughly enjoyable revival with help fro…
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