Tag: naturalism
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Three Sisters, Almeida Theatre
Tuesday 16th April 2019
reviewChekhov classic from the team behind the West End hit Summer and Smoke is too mi…
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Who is the greatest living British playwright?
Monday 3rd September 2018
writingOne from the archives: a celebration of Caryl Churchill republished on her 80th …
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One for Sorrow, Royal Court
Tuesday 26th June 2018
reviewSmart and powerful new play about fear, terror and middle-class prejudices outst…
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The March on Russia, Orange Tree Theatre
Wednesday 20th September 2017
reviewDavid Storey’s family celebration drama of 1989 is typically natural, subtle and…
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The Blinding Light, Jermyn Street Theatre
Tuesday 12th September 2017
reviewHoward Brenton’s latest takes a scalpel to the collapsing mind of playwright Aug…
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Knives in Hens, Donmar Warehouse
Tuesday 22nd August 2017
reviewStar director Yaël Farber’s revival of a 1990s classic is surely atmospheric, bu…
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Nicholas Hytner on realistic speech
Tuesday 13th June 2017
blogQuote of the day: “None of these people [Dorimant, Lady Bracknell] speak the way…
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While We’re Here, Bush Theatre
Monday 1st May 2017
reviewNew play by Barney Norris is a 70-minute two-hander which is both extremely subt…
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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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