Tag: 1970s
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Howard Brenton on theatre aesthetics
Thursday 3rd November 2016
blogQuote of the day: “The Rules of Aesthetics Set Down: There are two rules of aest…
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Magnificence, Finborough Theatre
Friday 28th October 2016
reviewOverdue revival of Howard Brenton’s mixed-up 1973 play is too messy and incohere…
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Amadeus, National Theatre
Thursday 27th October 2016
reviewRevival of Peter Shaffer’s most famous play is more a musical triumph than a tex…
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No Man’s Land, Wyndham’s Theatre
Saturday 17th September 2016
reviewRevival of Pinter’s 1975 classic is a model of clarity, but raises questions abo…
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AC/DC
Friday 19th August 2016
blogOne from the archives: “Right!”
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German Skerries, Orange Tree Theatre
Monday 7th March 2016
reviewLovely, and indeed loving, revival of Robert Holman’s resonant 1977 play about l…
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The Cutting of the Cloth, Southwark Playhouse
Tuesday 17th March 2015
reviewThe late Michael Hastings’s long-lost play about Savile Row is beautifully tailo…
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East Is East
Sunday 19th October 2014
blogText of the day: “I thought you were all supposed to be brothers, isn’t that wha…
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Linda Bassett on 1970s new writing
Saturday 1st February 2014
blogQuote of the day: “Lots of actors long to devise their own work, and I loved it …
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