Tag: biography
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Hamnet, Garrick Theatre
Thursday 19th October 2023
reviewLolita Chakrabarti’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestseller about Shakespea…
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Dearest Squirrel: Johnny and Pam Osborne’s long-lasting love
Saturday 1st July 2023
writingThe love affair between playwright and actor lasted far beyond their early divor…
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Richard Holmes on talking about your past
Thursday 21st July 2022
blogQuote of the day: “Moreover, all of these people treated the fact of my being a …
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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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John le Carré on unhappy childhoods
Saturday 17th August 2019
blogQuote of the day: “People who have had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good a…
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Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre
Thursday 21st March 2019
reviewTriumphant, if crude, West End transfer of a heartfelt account of a Renaissance …
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Prism, Hampstead Theatre
Tuesday 19th September 2017
reviewTerry Johnson’s new play is a deeply felt and typically witty look at the cinema…
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James Shapiro on Shakespeare
Saturday 1st October 2016
blogQuote of the month: “Biographers like to attribute the turns in Shakespeare’s ca…
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The Libertine, Haymarket Theatre
Tuesday 27th September 2016
reviewHistory Boy Dominic Cooper triumphs as the Restoration rake Rochester in revival…
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