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Robert Tanitch reviews Caryl Churchill’s A Number at The Old Vic in London

We’ve got ninety-nine percent the same genes as any other person. We’ve got ninety percent the same as a chimpanzee. We’ve got thirty percent the same as a lettuce. Is it nature or nurture, which dete ...

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Caryl Churchill’s dystopian drama is revived

Robert Tanitch reviews Far Away at Donmar Theatre, London WC2 Caryl Churchill’s fame began in the 1960’s with Cloud 9, Top Girls and Serious Money. Peter Brook has praised her ability “to penetrate in ...

Mark 962 views 1 likes Feb 18, 2020

A girl made of glass. Gods and murders. A serial killer’s friends. And a secret in a bottle

Robert Tanitch reviews Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. by Caryl Churchill at Royal Court Theatre, London SE1 Caryl Churchill and the Royal Court are practically synonymous. Churchill, now in her eighties ...

Mark 1009 views 0 likes Sep 26, 2019

Have things improved for women since the 1980s?

Robert Tanitch reviews Top Girls at National Theatre/Lyttelton Caryl Churchill’s 1982 play about the price women pay for competing in a man’s world has always been grossly overrated. It is not, as has ...

Mark 1061 views 0 likes Apr 16, 2019