Tag: Richard Bean
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Curiously Timid (New Writing 2009)
Monday 1st February 2010
writingIn October 2009, BBC television celebrated the fortieth anniversary of Monty Pyt…
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On 2009 in new writing
Wednesday 30th December 2009
blogAs one year ends and another begins, Pirate Dog curls up in his basket, and igno…
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About England People Very Nice
Friday 20th February 2009
blogA week is a long time in cultural politics.
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England People Very Nice, National Theatre
Wednesday 11th February 2009
reviewLink to a short review of Richard Bean’s England People Very Nice at the Nationa…
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Scanning the Horizon (New Writing 2008)
Sunday 1st February 2009
writingIn ‘LDN’, her hymn to the mysterious joys of the UK metropolis, Lily Allen sings…
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Reality Sucks (New Writing 2007)
Thursday 1st May 2008
writingThe distinguished film director David Lean once said, “Reality is a bore.”
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The Old Guard Departs (New Writing 2007)
Thursday 1st November 2007
writingIn ‘Fuck for Ever’, on the Babyshambles 2005 state-of-the-nation CD, Down in Alb…
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Unnatural Festivity (New Writing 2006)
Tuesday 1st August 2006
writingIn Ian McEwan’s bestselling novel, Saturday (2003), Henry, the brain-surgeon her…
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‘“Me and My Mates” (New Writing 2003)
Sunday 1st February 2004
writingIn 1968, the year of revolutions, Peter Brook wrote, in his classic The Empty Sp…
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