Category: THEATRE REVIEWS
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Michael Frayn’s latest comedy is a revue with 23 sketches
Robert Tanitch review Matchbox Theatre at Hampstead Theatre, London NW3 Michael Frayn is famous as a playwright and as a novelist. He has written one of the great farces of […]
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Debauchery in London in 1605 is updated to the 1950’s
Robert Tanitch reviews A Mad World My Masters at Barbican Theatre, London EC2 When Thomas Middleton’s comedy premiered in 1605 it was acted by children. The mind boggles. Were they […]
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Jonathan Pryce is playing Shylock at Shakespeare’s Globe
Robert Tanitch reviews The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe, London Shylock was initially a comic character. I doubt very much if anybody would dare play him for comedy today. […]
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Bugsy Malone is ideal entertainment at affordable prices for family audiences
Robert Tanitch reviews Bugsy Malone at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London W6. The Lyric Theatre building in Hammersmith is transformed completely, following a £20 million redevelopment. You will be pleased to […]