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DVD Review: Emma (1996 TV)

“Dear Emma bears everything so well” Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Emma for the television may have suffered…

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Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Savoy Theatre

“He sang my name and it rang out just like some major chord. If music be the…

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Review: Passion Play, Duke of York’s

“That’s what men want to hear…pornography” The trio of recent major Peter Nicholls revivals is completed with…

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TV Review: Clapham Junction

“The whole gay thing, is it still an issue any more?” Part of Channel 4’s 2007 gay…

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DVD Review: The Canterbury Tales (1)

“If I’d known we were being invited to an orgy, I’d’ve stopped in Burnley” This set of…

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Review: What The Butler Saw, Vaudeville Theatre

“My uterine contractions have been bogus for some time” The adage about theatre audiences turning to comedies…

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Review: An Ideal Husband, Vaudeville

“Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of…

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2010 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Rachel Weisz – A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse  Alison Steadman – Enjoy at…

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Review: Arcadia, Duke of York’s Theatre

Tom Stoppard’s play Arcadia first played at the National Theatre in 1993, and this is the first…