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Terence Rattigan’s wartime comic rigmarole is successfully revived

Robert Tanitch reviews While the Sun Shines at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, Surrey Terence Rattigan’s While the Sun Shines, a high-spirited wartime comedy, a companion piece to his RAF drama, Flare ...

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Why are the odds stacked against picking up a good rosé?

Paula Goddard’s Wines of the Week starting 10th June 2019 Chilled rosés are light, but still flavourful, and are ideal for sipping on a hot day. That’s why more rosé wines are sold during the su ...

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Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde filmed by Max Ophúls

Robert Tanitch reviews La Ronde (Bluebell Films) Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), the gifted Austrian playwright and a great admirer of Sigmund Freud, always did have troubles with the censor on account ...

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all – Oscar Wilde

Robert Tanitch reviews Pictures of Dorian Gray at Jermyn Street Theatre, London SW1 The word “Pictures” is not a printing error. Director Tom Littler is offering theatregoers four gender swapping conf ...

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