Tag: playwriting
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Peter Hall on Shakespeare
Monday 1st August 2016
blogQuote of the month: “Speaking Shakespeare’s verse and prose is an easily learned…
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The Plough and the Stars, National Theatre
Wednesday 27th July 2016
reviewRevival of Sean O’Casey’s modern classic shows its continued relevance, but is a…
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Unreachable, Royal Court
Friday 15th July 2016
reviewAnthony Neilson’s newly devised piece is both a comic masterpiece and a disappoi…
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Cut, The Vaults Theatre
Wednesday 6th July 2016
reviewMonologue about a woman threatened by a stalker uses blackouts effectively, but …
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Faith Healer, Donmar Warehouse
Tuesday 28th June 2016
reviewRevival of the late Brian Friel’s 1979 classic is brilliantly acted, beautifully…
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Happy To Help, Park Theatre
Friday 24th June 2016
reviewA likeable and energetically acted satire on supermarkets is occasionally fun, b…
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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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Owen Sheers on Pink Mist
Friday 12th February 2016
blogQuote of the day: “Because this new play would be written for that medium of voi…
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The writer on holiday
Saturday 23rd January 2016
blogText of the day: “It’s the 1950s — the decade I was born — and Roland Barthes pi…
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