Shakespeare’s last tragedy and most political play has never been popular with the general theatregoer. It usually works best at times of national strife when Left and Right find they can use it ...
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I CLAUDIUS (BBC iPlayer). Intrigue, murder and lust in ancient Rome. Trust no one. The legendary 1976 TV adaptation of Robert Graves’s novels, adapted by John Pullman and directed by Herbert Wise, hol ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews A Haunting in Venice (September 15, 2023) cert 12A, 103 mins. in cinemas. Sitting through director Kenneth Branagh’s new Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice, in whic ...
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Gino Bartali (1914-2000), the renowned Italian cyclist, was a local Tuscan hero as well as a national figurehead. He won the Tour de France twice. Immensely popular, his fame was second only to Mussol ...
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