Author: mag9l
Review: Punishment without Revenge, Arcola Theatre
“I may exaggerate beyond all sense and reason” The third of the Spanish Golden Age plays for…
Review: A Lady of Little Sense, Arcola Theatre
“She is as thick as potato mash” The remit of the Spanish Golden Age rep season, a…
Review: Eternal Love, Cambridge Arts Theatre
“If you marry me you’ll never be a candidate for the Vatican” Originally seen at Shakespeare’s Globe…
Russia
“From Russia, with love?” The finger of accusation has landed hard and uncompromisingly at the entirety of…
DVD Review: Anna Karenina (2000)
“I need to know if he still loves me” Joe Wright’s film version of Anna Karenina was,…
Radio Review: Anna’s War, Radio 4
“Some of your publications aren’t exactly patriotic” Sadly, the oppressive nature of the ruling Russian regime is…
TV Review: Crime and Punishment (2002)
“Oh we’ll make him suffer, but will he make himself?” This 2002 BBC2 adaptation of Crime and…
TV Review: A Young Doctor’s Notebook
“Even letters don’t want to be sent here” The term black comedy is often used in reference…
DVD Review: Anton Chekhov’s The Duel
“You sap the foundations of civilisation” Based on one of Chekhov’s novellas, The Duel is set in…
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