2021 ROUND-UP OF BOOKS by Robert Tanitch
ART & HISTORY WILLIAM MORRIS edited by Anna Mason (Thames & Hudson / V&A) William Morris (1834-1896), poet, socialist, writer, manufacturer, designer, pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Moveme ...
LIFESTYLE
Robert Tanitch reviews Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
The Nutcracker! has long been a Christmas favourite, the ideal treat for little girls. It was not always so. The premiere in 1892 was badly received by the critics who disapproved of Tchaikovsky wasti ...
Writer-director Maria Sødahl turns her cancer death sentence into a beautifully acted drama.
Joyce Glasser reviews Hope (December 10, 2021) Cert 15, 125 mins. In films like The Hunt for Red October and Good Will Hunting you could picture Liam Neeson (now 69) in the roles played by Stellan Ska ...
Robert Tanitch reviews Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus at Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, London
Alan Bennett’s comedy, which premiered in 1973 with Alec Guinness in the lead role, is described as “a filthy farce for a less enlightened age” and it is quite unlike anything else he has written. The ...