Tag: Richard Briers

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News: Tristram Kenton’s stage archive – the Chekhov edition

I’m loving this deep dive in to Tristram Kenton’s archive, this time taking a turn into the…

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Book review: The Half – Simon Annand

The Half – Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage by Simon Annand Just a quickie for…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: Henry V (1989)

”Customs curtsy to great kings” It is instructive to watch performances from Kenneth Branagh such as these,…

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Film Review: Hamlet (1996)

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Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

“You take pleasure then in the message?” The good bits of Much Ado About Nothing, when done…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000)

“I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor” Proving that not even Kenneth Branagh is infallible when…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: A Midwinter’s Tale (1995)

“I’m clean, I’m conscientious and I travel with my own tits” Where else would you get to…

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Film Review: Peter Pan (2003)

“There are many different kinds of bravery” It is a truth that every generation gets their own…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: London Assurance, National Theatre

“I didn’t imagine I’d ever find the countryside so amusing” Dion Boucicault’s 1844 play, London Assurance, the…