PHAEDRA is described as a new play by Simon Stone after Euripides, Seneca and Racine. It is indeed a long way after, a long way from the original plot. So, don’t, repeat don’t, despite the title, expe ...
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The set is a miniature Greek amphitheatre. The setting doesn’t do the actors any favours. There is no scenery, no costume, only everyday modern clothes. Everybody is dressed in black. I missed the exo ...
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Mary is Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, a popular subject for writers. There has been a famous play by Schiller and a famous opera by Donizetti plus lots of romantic novels, films, television series and ...
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, one of the great plays of the 20th century and still topical, is based on the notorious witchcraft trials in Salem in 1692. Miller was inspired to write it by his own exp ...
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