Tag: first world war
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It Is Easy To Be Dead, Finborough Theatre
Tuesday 21st June 2016
reviewNew play about a forgotten First World War poet stages both the passion of youth…
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Not About Heroes, Trafalgar Studios
Tuesday 11th November 2014
reviewA strong account of shellshocked first world war poets is sharp in its satire, b…
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Doctor Scroggy’s War
Tuesday 23rd September 2014
blogFavourite stage direction: “Enter Gillies as Doctor Scroggy.”
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Doctor Scroggy’s War, Shakespeare’s Globe
Wednesday 17th September 2014
reviewHoward Brenton’s First World War play is interesting, but not always completely …
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Versailles
Friday 7th March 2014
blogText of the day: “Why are we unable to see ourselves now, anything, but in the r…
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Versailles, Donmar Warehouse
Thursday 27th February 2014
reviewPeter Gill’s new play about the end of the First World War is a very long, hard …
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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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Robert Gore-Langton on Journey’s End
Sunday 4th August 2013
blogQuote of the day: “When JRR Tolkein was a young officer in the trenches, the men…
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The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, Almeida Theatre
Friday 16th November 2012
reviewHistory play about poets Edward Thomas and Robert Frost is a rather quiet and un…
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