Charles Dickens’s novels were so popular in the 19th century they were pirated and staged before he had even finished writing them. Victorian readers and theatregoers loved the melodrama. In the 20th ...
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QUEEN of SPADES (StudioCanal.) This excellent British melodrama, directed by Thorold Dickenson in 1948, is based on Pushkin’s 1834 novel and excellently acted. Faro, a once famous card gambling game, ...
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First things first. It’s not a wonderful life for English National Opera at present. ENO has been at the London Coliseum since 1968 and has made opera accessible to new audiences with many memorable p ...
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Mature Times reviews A Christmas Carol at Bristol Old Vic – a festive reminder to be a little kinder In true Bristol Old Vic style, this clever, vibrant, entertaining and thought-provoking theat ...
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