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Class, privilege and old-world snobbery

Class, privilege and old-world snobbery

Robert Tanitch reviews Relative Values at Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1 Noel Coward’s comedy was never that good. It felt dreadfully old-fashioned, even at its premiere in 1951. It was, as Coward ...
What the Dickens was Charles doing?

What the Dickens was Charles doing?

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (Lionsgate). Nelly Ternan, the young actress, was the inspiration for Estella in Great Expectations and secret mistress of Charles Dickens. H ...
A dark poetic comedy

A dark poetic comedy

In Writer/Director John Michael McDonagh’s follow-up to his impressive directorial debut, the dark comedy, the Guard, he teams up again with actor Brendan Gleeson for a much darker ‘comedy,’ also set ...