Category: Richard Eyre

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Review: The Snail House, Hampstead Theatre

After an illustrious career directing and adapting, Richard Eyre turns his hand to original writing with mixed…

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News: Hampstead Theatre reveals casts for The Snail House and Ravenscourt

Hampstead Theatre announces the full cast and creative teams for The Snail House and Ravenscourt which open this…

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Film Review: Notes on a Scandal (2006)

A marvellously against-type Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett score a huge hit in Notes on a Scandal…

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Film Review: The Children Act (2017)

The neglect of Stanley Tucci aside, The Children Act does a decent job of bringing Ian McEwan’s…

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Lockdown TV review: The Dresser (2015)

Sirs Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins do much to banish my bad memories of Ronald Harwood in…

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TV Review: King Lear, BBC Two

A contemporary adaptation of King Lear does little to prove its worth on BBC Two “Some villain…

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Film Review: Stage Beauty (2004)

“A woman playing a woman, where’s the trick in that”  Any film with Clare Higgins yelling ‘give…

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TV Review: The Hollow Crown, Henry IV Part II

“I’ll tickle your catastrophe” I was mildly disappointed by the second instalment of The Hollow Crown, Henry…

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TV Review: The Hollow Crown, Henry IV Part I

“Then would I have his Harry, and he mine” The Hollow Crown continues with Henry IV Part…