Russians, said Chekhov, are the funniest people on earth when they are being serious. He also said his play had turned out not to be a drama but a comedy and in places, even a farce. Often performed, ...
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It was all thanks to the colossal impact of John Hurt’s compelling acting and dark, syrup-laden vocal cords that, in 1975, the extraordinary life and times of Quentin Crisp were boldly presented ...
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Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal was first produced in New York in 1928 but it did not arrive in London until 1931, delayed by difficulties of censorship. The Lord Chamberlain objected to the intimat ...
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One of my earliest ballet memories was seeing Margot Fonteyn dance Princess Aurora in the notoriously difficult Rose Adage – one of classical ballet’s great moments. Courted by four suitors, Fonteyn w ...
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