Category: THEATRE REVIEWS
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Tennessee Williams masterpiece updated
Robert Tanitch reviews A Streetcar Named Desire at Young Vic, London SE1 “I don’t want reality!” cries Blanche Dubois. “I want magic!” Blanche, the faded, frail Southern belle, created by […]
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A welcome comeback for William Inge
Robert Tanitch reviews Natural Affection at Jermyn Street Theatre, London SW1 American playwright William Inge (1913-1973) is practically unknown in Britain, but there was a time when he was thought […]
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Where there’s a Will there’s a way in Shakespeare in Love
Robert Tanitch reviews Shakespeare in Love at Noel Coward Theatre What everybody will want to know is whether the stage version is as good as the John Madden film and […]
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900 years on, there is still no lasting peace
Robert Tanitch reviews Holy Warriors at Shakespeare’s Globe, London David Eldridge describes his epic play as “a fantasia on the Third Crusade and the history of the violent struggle in […]