THEATRE REVIEWS

Blithe Spirit is not as blithe as it should be

Blithe Spirit is not as blithe as it should be

Robert Tanitch reviews Blithe Spirit at Duke of York’s Theatre, London WC2 BLITHE SPIRIT, one of Noel Coward’s most popular plays, was written in five days during World War II at the height of the Bli ...
Death and vengeance in Italy

Death and vengeance in Italy

Robert Tanitch reviews The Revenger’s Tragedy at Barbican Theatre, London EC2 The violence in Thomas Middleton’s revenge play, a once highly popular genre, is played out in all its vicious and grotesq ...