Death takes a much-needed holiday
Robert Tanitch reviews Death Takes A Holiday at Charing Cross Theatre, London WC2 Alberto Casella wrote Death Takes A Holiday in 1924. The total number of military and civilian deaths in World War 1 w ...
THEATRE REVIEWS
The 2004 Beslan siege is seen through a child’s eyes
Robert Tanitch reviews Us/Them at National Theatre/Dorfman Beslan is the third largest town in the Republic of North Ossatia-Alania in the Russian Caucasus. In September 2004 armed Chechian terrorists ...
Roland Schimmelpfennig’s political play is very timely
Robert Tanitch reviews Winter Solstice at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, Surrey Roland Schimmelpfennig, one of Germany’s most famous and prolific playwrights, wrote Winter Solstice in late 2013 in res ...
How to succeed in business if you have an apartment
Robert Tanitch reviews Promises Promises at Southwark Playhouse, London SE1 Billy Wilder’s film, The Apartment, which starred Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Bill Murray, won many awards in 1960. Wr ...