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Robert Tanitch reviews The Dresser at Richmond Theatre, Surrey

Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser, one of the best plays about life backstage, is a minor 20th century classic. It premiered in 1980 with Freddie Jones as an old pro and Tom Courtenay as his dresser. It wa ...

andrew 1126 views 0 likes Oct 29, 2021

DVDs: The Elephant Man, The Windsors, Nights of Cabira and White Sheik reviewed by Robert Tanitch

THE ELEPHANT MAN (SudioCanal). David Lynch’s disquieting 1980 film is notable for its compassion. In 1886 John Merrick, body and face, hideously deformed was admitted to the London Hospital. Dr Freder ...

andrew 1301 views 0 likes Apr 9, 2020