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Robert Tanitch reviews Mr Burns at Almeida Theatre, London N1 Memory makes storytellers of us all. How reliable are old memories? The fact that something is vivid in our mind doesn’t guarantee that it ...
THEATRE REVIEWS
Power must be taken. It’s never given
Robert Tanitch reviews The Confessions of Gordon Brown at Ambassadors, London WC2 This is the story of the most successful Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history who longed to be Prime Ministe ...
Turgenev’s great Russian novel on stage
Robert Tanitch reviews Fathers and Sons at Donmar Theatre, London WC2 Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), precursor to Anton Chekhov, always wanted to reproduce the reality of life correctly. So Brian Friel’s ...
How very different from the homelife of our own dear Queen
Robert Tanitch reviews Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London SE1 The most famous lovers in history are well past their sell-by date; insanely jealous of each other, they kiss awa ...