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Athol Fugard’s portrait of himself as a lonely, arrogant, volatile, inherently racist teenager

Robert Tanitch reviews ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys at National Theatre/Lyttelton Athol Fugard has said that ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys is probably the most intensely personal thing he has ever wr ...

markbendle 101 views 0 likes Oct 10, 2019

A slice of terrible history, interwoven with intriguing fiction, is brought brilliantly to life

Eileen Caiger Gray reviews The Last King of Scotland at Crucible, Sheffield (October 2nd 2019) In Steve Waters’ new stage adaptation of Giles Foden’s 1998 award-winning novel The Last King ...

markbendle 149 views 0 likes Oct 8, 2019

English National Opera’s Orpheus cycle continues with Offenbach’s operetta

Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s Orpheus in the Underworld at London Coliseum The first great full-length classical French operetta was Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld and it premiered in Pa ...

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A fine memorial tribute to playwright Peter Nichols who died in September

Robert Tanitch reviews A Day in the Death of Joe Egg at Trafalgar Studios, London SE1 Peter Nichols, best known for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, National Health, Privates on Parade and Passion Play, ...

markbendle 118 views 0 likes Oct 3, 2019