Tag: history plays
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter
Wednesday 5th December 2018
blogFavourite stage direction: “As the play begins, a three-foot by three-foot mahog…
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War Horse, National Theatre
Tuesday 13th November 2018
reviewNick Stafford’s sturdy beast rides again — and retains its colt-like freshness a…
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter
Tuesday 30th October 2018
blogText of the day: “If you were a Congolese pygmy, imprisoned for sixteen years in…
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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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The Lehman Trilogy
Saturday 21st July 2018
blogText of the day: “We are merchants of money.”
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The Lehman Trilogy, National Theatre
Thursday 12th July 2018
reviewThrillingly epic account of a defining American institution delights in three su…
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Imperium: Conspirator
Thursday 12th July 2018
blogText of the day: “Stupid people tend to vote for stupid people.”
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Imperium, Gielgud Theatre
Wednesday 4th July 2018
reviewThe RSC’s epic two-evening adaptation of Robert Harris’s Cicero books reaches th…
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Translations, National Theatre
Wednesday 30th May 2018
reviewBrilliant revival of Brian Friel’s modern classic raises questions about the Nat…
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